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NASA Exploring Freeform Optics for Compact Space Telescopes

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | February 8, 2016 at 3:45 am , by synadmn

Freeform optics technology allows telescope mirrors to take almost any shape, potentially improving image quality over a larger field of view. Prompted by advances in computer-controlled fabrication and testing, NASA...

Super-resolution Microscopy: Approach boosts accuracy of single-molecule tracking

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | February 5, 2016 at 12:40 am , by synadmn

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Tracking how molecules move, form shapes, and interact within neurons and other cells offers a powerful view of biological processes that impact health. Now, work at Stanford University (CA), led...

Controlling Light with Geometric-Phase Holograms

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | February 3, 2016 at 1:38 am , by synadmn

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Improved fabrication techniques are creating a new generation of gratings, lenses, and other elements that are physically thin and optically thick. Read more...

Additive Manufacturing of Optical Components

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | February 1, 2016 at 12:57 am , by synadmn

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Selective laser melting (SLM) is an additive manufacturing technique that potentially enables new, complex-shaped geometries. It allows us to build prototypes of freeform reflectors from polymer-based materials with functional surfaces...

Stretchable Thin Film Produces Circularly Polarized Light

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | January 29, 2016 at 3:18 am , by synadmn

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A novel fabrication method has achieved a device-friendly nanocomposite thin film that produces circularly polarized light. The simple and cost-effective technology could aid disease monitoring and diminish the disruption caused...

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NASA Exploring Freeform Optics for Compact Space Telescopes

Super-resolution Microscopy: Approach boosts accuracy of single-molecule tracking

Controlling Light with Geometric-Phase Holograms

Additive Manufacturing of Optical Components

Stretchable Thin Film Produces Circularly Polarized Light

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