Metalens (IMAGE)

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Metalens

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Researchers used a metalens to create chip-based optical tweezers that can optically levitate nanoparticles in a vacuum. The diameter of the metalens was about 50 times smaller than that of a conventional objective lens that they used before. An optical image of the metalens is shown.

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Tongcang Li, Purdue University

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