Microlens arrays are one of the key elements that are promising in autostereoscopic display, optical communication, wavefront sensing, integral imaging, etc. For example, microlens arrays are the ...

An oscillation assisted digital light processing (DLP) based 3D printing approach is developed to enable ultrafast fabrication of microlens arrays with optically smooth surface (1 nm surface roughness ...

Light-field imaging can detect both spatial and angular information of light rays. The angular information offers peculiar capabilities over conventional imaging, such as viewpoint shifting, ...

(Nanowerk News) Industry 4.0 requires simple solutions for complex functions. Optical sensors, such as pinhole cameras, can deliver a depth of focus and reasonable resolution, but they suffer from low ...

A growing number of applications, including smartphone cameras, depend on microlenses to boost performance. A newly-developed technology, called laser catapulting, could make it easier and less ...