Programmable freeform optics with extended white light sources: possibilities and limitations

N Rondelez, K Desnijder, W Ryckaert, Y Meuret - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Freeform optics can be used in lighting applications to generate accurate prescribed
illumination patterns from compact light sources such as LEDs. When targeting dynamic …

Dynamics of fixed-volume pinned films–dealing with a non-self-adjoint thin-film problem

I Gabay, V Bacheva, D Ilssar, M Bercovici… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The use of thin liquid films has expanded beyond lubrication and coatings, and into
applications in actuators and adaptive optical elements. In contrast to their predecessors …

[PDF][PDF] Thermal modulation of fluidic lenses in microgravity

V Frumkin, R Das - 2021 - klein.mit.edu
The fluidic shaping method is an exciting new technology that allows to rapidly shape liquids
into a wide range of optical topographies with sub-nanometer surface quality. The scale …