{"id":123782,"date":"2021-06-13T21:23:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T04:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/voltage-brings-new-matalens-into-focus"},"modified":"2021-06-13T21:23:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T04:23:04","slug":"voltage-brings-new-matalens-into-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/voltage-brings-new-matalens-into-focus","title":{"rendered":"Voltage brings new matalens into focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/voltage-brings-new-matalens-into-focus.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Researchers have developed a metalens that is focused using voltage instead of mechanically moving its components, a development that promises to save space and weight in numerous imaging applications.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The advance from researchers at Cornell University\u2019s School of Applied and Engineering Physics and Samsung\u2019s Advanced Institute of Technology is said to be the first of its kind.<\/p>\n<p>The proof of concept could lead to a range of compact varifocal lenses for use in imaging applications including satellites, telescopes and microscopes, which traditionally focus light using curved lenses that adjust using mechanical parts. In some applications, moving traditional glass or plastic lenses to vary the focal distance is not practical due to space, weight or size considerations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have developed a metalens that is focused using voltage instead of mechanically moving its components, a development that promises to save space and weight in numerous imaging applications. The advance from researchers at Cornell University\u2019s School of Applied and Engineering Physics and Samsung\u2019s Advanced Institute of Technology is said to be the first of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}