In a significant development for 'lens-less' imaging, researchers have devised a new image reconstruction method that enables high-quality imaging in a short computing time. The new method is based on ...

Flat lenses offer a way to minimize the optical aberrations and astigmatisms that conventional spherical lenses can be prone to, and can potentially open up new applications that traditional lens are ...

A new method to make a low-cost, high-quality lens quickly using a 3D printer has promising potential to create optical imaging lenses, customized contact lenses for correcting distorted vision, or to ...

The information we acquire directly influences our understanding and perspectives of the world. It has long been an endeavor in optics to perceive the multidimensional information around us using the ...

Photographers may be interested in a new camera lens called the K|Lens One which is being marketed as the world’s first light field imaging lens for full-frame cameras, enabling photographers to ...

Recently, a research team led by Prof. WANG Yingjian at Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), proposed an efficient method to implement Fourier ...

SMPTE®, the organization that is defining the future of storytelling, has expanded its SMPTE Virtual Classroom offerings with a new course, "Imaging System Fundamentals: From Light to Lenses." Led by ...

A SWIR lens, or short wave infrared lens, is optimized for light in the 0.9 – 1.7μm wavelength range. At Shanghai Optics we manufacture high quality SWIR lenses for surveillance, quality control, ...

Researchers ahve used 3-D printing to make high-quality customized lenses quickly and at low-cost, which could be used for optical imaging, vision correction, and disease diagnosis. A new method to ...