Engineers at the University of Utah have developed a new method of creating optics which are flat and ultra-thin, yet can still bend light to a single point like traditional lenses. It's hoped the ...

An electro-active diffractive IOL promises to provide accommodation without movement, a physician said. Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD, described design features of a prototype electro-active accommodating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Twelve years ago at the AECOS meeting, a program chair asked the audience if in 10 years we would be able to ...

Thanks to a set of unique properties, diffractive optical elements have the potential to transform light into almost any desired distribution. Joshika Akhil gives the low-down on the technology that ...

GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcon (SIX/NYSE:ALC), the global leader in eye care announced AcrySof® IQ Vivity®, a first-of-its-kind intraocular lens (IOL) is now commercially available in select European ...

Researchers detail how they used a type of 3D printing known as two-photon lithography to create lenses that combine refractive and diffractive surfaces. In a new study, researchers have shown that 3D ...

Many applications can benefit using a single laser machine which can switch between different wavelengths for different processes with high precision and without interruption of continuous work. Using ...