A suitcase sized microscope will allow medical doctors to make parasite diagnosis from body fluid samples directly on site
Aachen Becomes a Center of Excellence for Optics Production
21st October 2019 by Leave a Comment
New photonics hub in North Rhine-Westphalia, the Aachen Center for Optics Production, ACOP
Compound Lenses Inspired by the Mosquito Eye
26th September 2019 by Leave a Comment
Bionic device could someday find applications in autonomous vehicles, robots or medical devices
Nanowires Replace Newton’s Glass Prism
10th September 2019 by Leave a Comment
An ultraminiaturized device could image single cells without the need for a microscope
Artificial Compound Eye Developed
20th August 2019 by Leave a Comment
Device could be used for 3D location systems for robots, self-driving cars and unmanned aerial vehicles
A Compact Full-Stokes Polarization Camera
5th July 2019 by Leave a Comment
Portable polarization-sensitive camera could be used in machine vision, autonomous vehicles, security and atmospheric chemistry
Blowing Tiny Optical Lenses
2nd July 2019 by Leave a Comment
Wafer-level process would allow easy integration into biomedical imaging instruments
How to Bend Waves in the Right Way
26th June 2019 by Leave a Comment
A new method to control branched flow of waves
Seeing Around Corners
24th June 2019 by Leave a Comment
Special light sources and sensors allow to see around corners and to reconstruct the shapes of unseen objects
Hot Spots Increase Efficiency of Solar Desalination
20th June 2019 by Leave a Comment
Nanophotonics-enabled solar membrane distillation is able to convert more sunlight energy into heat
