Revolutionary ultrathin, flat lens: Smart phones as thin as a credit card?

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:03 in Mathematics & Economics

Scientists are reporting development of a revolutionary new lens—flat, distortion-free, so small that more than 1,500 would fit across the width of a human hair—capable in the future of replacing lenses in applications ranging from cell phones to cameras to fiber-optic communication systems. The advance, which could lead to smart phones as thin as a credit card, appears in ACS' journal Nano Letters.

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