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  • New 3D-printed lens could solve optics, data-transfer challenges

    Dec 3, 2020 9:00 am by Eric WilsonResearch
    a spherical lens that allows light coming into the lens from any direction to be focused into a very small spot on the surface of the lens exactly opposite the input direction. Graphic by Michael Vincent

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    This study is the first to demonstrate the ability to adjust the direction in which light bends and travels through a lens with sub-micrometer precision.

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