WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a way to create freeform optical components by shaping a volume of curable liquid polymer. The new method is poised to enable faster prototyping of customized ...

Freeform optical system design and metrology represent a paradigm shift in the development of imaging and sensing technologies. By allowing optical surfaces to depart from traditional rotational ...

A new route to manufacturing freeform optical components could help such items become more readily available for a range of industrial applications. Freeform components can perform novel phase ...

A freeform optical component is not symmetric around its optical axis. It provides some attractive features to optical designers to correct multiple aberrations with fewer optical surfaces, and make ...

Freeform optics bring precision optical systems into a new ear, delivering superior imaging in compact packages, or functions otherwise impossible. Surfaces that are axially unbalanced or have no axis ...

"Fabrication of optical components is costly due to the stringent technical specifications needed for a functioning lens, as well as the complex and time-consuming process of manufacturing," said Dr.

The Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology is pleased to announce that this week’s seminar will be presented by Derek Kopon from MIT Lincoln Laboratory on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 1 p.m. in ...

Compound freeform surfaces are widely used in bionic and optical applications. The manufacturing and measurement of such surfaces are challenging due to the complex geometry with multi-scale features ...

Polarization aberrations refer to the deviations in the polarisation state of light induced by the optical elements within an instrument. Such aberrations can arise from a variety of design features ...