Geometrical optics, a branch of optics that eschews wave phenomena in favour of ray propagation, continues to underpin advances in lens design and optical engineering. Contemporary studies in this ...

It's easy to design a lens that is costly to produce. A few tricks can keep things economical. Incorporation of a special fisheye lens lets a standard LCD projector beam realistic images over more ...

Copper interconnects cannot deliver the high-performance requirements of modern systems, especially with the rapid expansion ...

LED Optics Design, LLC specializes in computation, prototyping and manufacturing of LED secondary optics. More than 10-year experience in optical design and developed computation techniques allow us ...

Hyper-realistic holograms, next-generation sensors for autonomous robots, and slim augmented reality glasses are among the applications of metasurfaces, emerging photonic devices constructed from ...

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 ...

Follow along as Machine Design interviews John Ellis, an entrepreneur, inventor and founder of Massachusetts-based engineering consulting firm Optics for Hire. The Optics for Hire team—a group of ...

Researchers from Facebook Reality Labs have shared new methods for the design & fabrication of compact holographic lenses for use in XR headsets. The lenses used in most of today’s XR devices are ...