Micro-optics are enabling new generations of compact optical devices thanks to their functionality and cost-efficiency. Thomas Asshauer and Matthias Merschdorf explain. Micron-sized optical elements ...

For nearly 20 years, JT has been committed to micro lenses and micro prisms processing to meet the rapidly increasing demands of precise visualization. We can reach the dimension of micro lenses as ...

Launched on 1 September 2010, ACTMOST (Access Centre to Micro-Optics Expertise, Services and Technologies; www.actmost.eu) is a new industry support model that aims to lower the technological barriers ...

We use smartphones to talk, chat, play, and, by getting directions, explore the world we walk or drive through. Very soon, thanks to an Italian startup, we will also be able to use smartphones to ...

Researchers detail how they used a type of 3D printing known as two-photon lithography to create lenses that combine refractive and diffractive surfaces. In a new study, researchers have shown that 3D ...