{"id":261632,"date":"2017-08-07T12:26:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T16:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=261632"},"modified":"2017-08-11T12:43:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T16:43:53","slug":"freeform-optical-device-lot-small-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/freeform-optical-device-lot-small-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeform optical device packs more punch in a smaller package"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent paper in Light: Science & Applications<\/em><\/a>, 做厙勛圖 researchers Jannick Rolland and Jacob Reimers describe an optical device with potential applications ranging from improved satellite and diagnostic imagery to more precisely matching the paint color on a living room wall.<\/p>\n

The device is a type of spectrometer\u2014an optical instrument that takes light and breaks it down into components to reveal a catalogue of information about an object.<\/p>\n

Unlike traditional spectrometers, however, this one is designed using freeform optics, a relatively recent advance that upends more than a century of optical design.<\/p>\n