Optical materials news, May 2015

Research to improve the world.

Slinky lens slashes resolution limits

Fan-shaped hyperlens out set to slash resolution limits.

Engineers and physicists have shown how liquid crystals can be employed to create compound lenses similar to those found in nature.

Researchers have shown that defects on an atomically thin semiconductor can produce light-emitting quantum dots.

Researchers have unveiled an important step in the conversion of light into storable energy.

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