Posted on 6/20/2024
Thanks to micro- and nano-optics, ever more compact optical systems are being created. These pave the way for completely new functionalities that cannot be achieved with conventional optics. UV imprint, meanwhile, makes the cost-efficient mass production of such optics has become a reality.
What are micro-optics and where are they used?
Put simply, micro-optics are miniaturized versions of conventional optics. Components of the latter, such as lenses, mirrors or prisms, are only a few orders of magnitude longer than the wavelength of light passing through them.
Medical endoscopes are one application where the advantages of reducing the size of optics becom...