Metasurface Camera (IMAGE)

Princeton University, Engineering School

Metasurface Camera

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Researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington have developed an ultracompact camera the size of a coarse grain of salt. The system relies on a technology called a metasurface, which is studded with 1.6 million cylindrical posts and can be produced much like a computer chip.

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Princeton University

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