Flat and curved optics (IMAGE)

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Flat and curved optics

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To capture images from a curved sample, such as a cornea, the researchers replaced the flat mirror (left) of a traditional full-field OCT setup with a curved optical lens (right). The curved lens optically flattens the acquired images.

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Viacheslav Mazlin, The Langevin Institute

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