Imaging test (IMAGE)

Optica

Imaging test

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In tests of the new lenses, the reference lens (left) shows color seams due to chromatic aberrations. The 3D printed achromat lenses (middle) reduced these drastically while images taken with the apochromat (right) completely eliminated the color distortion.

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Michael Schmid, University of Stuttgart

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