A thin, high-resolution lens After the meeting, I returned to the University of Arizona and decided to explore whether modern technology could produce diffractive lenses with better image quality.

Amidst the recent celebration of the James Webb Space Telescope's first anniversary of its space exploration, there are claims from an astrobiologist that their team is already developing a better ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Twelve years ago at the AECOS meeting, a program chair asked the audience if in 10 years we would be able 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 ...

It’s not uncommon to see patented products never make it off paper. But if Canon’s latest lens patent is anything to go by, Canon could soon have one of the most impressive super-telephoto lenses on ...

An electro-active diffractive IOL promises to provide accommodation without movement, a physician said. Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD, described design features of a prototype electro-active accommodating ...

Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life. To find the answer, astronomers will ...

The endeavor to detect life on exoplanets is presently constrained by the limitations and logistical complexities inherent in building larger, more sensitive mirror-based space telescopes. A novel ...