> Research project, not a product, and it does not (yet?) work
> at visible light frequencies, but this looks interesting
I am seeing several applications for this technology in fiber-optic
communications. Such a lens could find use as a means of controlling
or correcting dispersion. It would be a way of being able to provide
"gapless" performance through connectors, being able to avoid
significant attenuation when the ends aren't touching or when there is
a spec of dirt on the end of the glass. As these lenses can be
specifically tuned to a very narrow wavelength, they can also be used
as a new means of providing multiplexing with little to no
attenuation. Who knows, combined with polarization techniques, we
might be able to get hundreds of multiplexed lasers across a single
piece of glass.
Exciting stuff to us communications geeks.
AG
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