enabling a variety of optical functions that would otherwise be performed by lenses, polarizers, or gratings. On the other hand, switchable polymers are plastics whose properties—such as the ...

The bifocal lenses are made from bilayer structures of liquid crystal (LC) cells and LC polymer. These lenses split light with a left-handed circular polarization (LCP) into two focused light ...

Apple has filed for a patent (number US 20250028179 A1) for “lens mounting structures for head-mounted devices.” It involves ...

Once the desired shape has been constructed the structure is exposed to an acid that forces the polymer to contract ... use in the production of camera lenses as well as components for microscopes ...