• Kowowow@lemmy.ca
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        6 days ago

        I was hoping it was more of a process done to the crystal so it could make cheap and better heat cameras

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          6 days ago

          Yeah well, passive components are nice, but occasionally you just need to spend some energy to keep the components doing its thing.

  • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Hmm, so if I understand the paper (which I might not), the lens is created by one laser beam, and then light from the sample causes a two photon effect in the lens area. Since two photon effects continue propagation, it’s in effect a pinhole which can be used for imaging. This seems like quite an elegant experiment.