Photo-realistic render of some chrome balls with a background of out of focus city lights. The out of focus lights form bokeh shapes, generally circles, but the circles have the silhouette of a fly cut out of them. The ball which is in focus has a sharp reflection of the city, and in the centre the reflection of the camera is visible, sitting on a tripod, with a barely visible fly in front of the lens.

“I was trying to take an artistic photograph of chrome balls but this bugger flew in front of the lens!”

Rendered in Blender.
#b3d #optics #bokeh

Also, the space in between is dark- Alexander’s band. #optics is lovely

Last week the project group moved to Milan for the first doctoral Winter school about luminescence, the 11 doctoral candidates in optics and photonics were involved

About last week #milan #winterschool #groupsession #functiglass #optics #photonics #glass #mariecurie #msca

Refractive Adaptive Optics Ophthalmoscope with Fast 2D MEMS Scanner This article details a refractive AOSLO designed for small animal retinal imaging, highlighting advancements in optical design and imaging performance.

See how a 2D MEMS scanner is revolutionizing small animal retinal imaging: higher speed, simpler optics, and clearer mouse retina views. We discuss the latest breakthroughs here: www.azooptics.com/News.aspx?ne... #BiomedicalImaging #Optics #MEMS

To learn more about the optics we can offer please reach out to our sales team: sales@torrscientific.co.uk

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#Optics #Photonics #MaterialScience #Science #Technology

Functiglass is financed by the EU via the MSCA and it features the future of optics and photonics by enrolling 11 PhD on Glass functionalisation. Today let's stop to meet one of them, Loraien Raju from India https://functiglass.eu/laser-go/ horizoneurope msca femtosecond glass

#Functiglass is financed by the EU via the #MSCA: it features the future of #optics and #photonics by enrolling 11 PhD on Glass functionalisation. Today let's stop to meet one of them, Loraien Raju from India 🔍 functiglass.eu/laser-go/ #horizoneurope #glass #femtosecond @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social

FUELGAE project partners, @vtt.fi, will present a poster at #OPD2026 🚀

Join us on 26–28 May in Jyväskylä, Finland 🇫🇮 for the largest photonics event in the Nordics—bringing together academia, industry, and innovators in #optics and #photonics 🔬

Excited to share our latest results!

All the way across the continent from Portugal to Finland: meet Margarida Bernardes, young talent in optics and photonics for our project Functiglass . Here is her portrait to discover what she will do in Tampere and Nice

All the way across the continent from Portugal to Finland: meet Margarida Bernardes, young talent in #optics & #photonics for #Functiglass . Here is her portrait #Tampere #Nice functiglass.eu/glass-cerami... #MSCA #science @margaridabernardes.bsky.social @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social @tampere.fi

Some pictures selected by Kanagat Kantoreyeva: her favourite mountains, her passion for books and art. She is one of the doctoral candidates of Functiglass a project financed by the Marie Curie Action of the European Union in the field of optics and photonics

Meet the candidates! First stop, Kanagat Kantoreyeva whose project in #optics and #photonics will take her from Nice to Tampere functiglass.eu/mountains_bo... #functiglass #msca #horizoneurope @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social #france #finland #kazakhstan

Köhler Illumination

I built an interactive ray tracing simulation of Köhler illumination — free, browser-based, no installation needed.

🔬 Try it: kohler-simulation.microscopybench.com
💻 microscopybench.com/an-interacti...

#Microscopy #Optics #OpticStudio #Raytracing #KöhlerIllumination

The Anti-Reflectant Coating market is seeing clear growth! Projected to reach $7.65B by 2032 (6.7% CAGR).

Key Drivers:
✅ Solar panel efficiency
✅ Premium eyewear demand
✅ Automotive & 5G displays

Full Report: www.24chemicalresearch.com/reports/2651... #SolarEnergy #TechNews #Optics

Ethnic Diversity - The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated: The Empire That Was Russia | Exhibitions - Library of Congress Prokudin-Gorskii captured the diversity throughout the empire in his travels. The Russia of Nicholas II on the eve of World War I was a land of striking ethnic diversity. Comprising all of the republi...

That early camera system — three black‑and‑white plates shot through red, green, and blue filters — is a direct ancestor of modern digital sensors and displays. The same “triplet” logic lives on in every phone photo, every video, every color‑screen light.
www.loc.gov/exhibits/emp... #optics #photo

Best Red Dot Sights: Holosun vs. Trijicon RMR

Micro red dots excel up close; Trijicon RMR for premium, Holosun 507C for bombproof. LPVOs (low power variable optics) dominate past 100 yards, offering speed and reach in one package.

#RedDot #LPVO #Optics #GunAccessories #ShootingTips

The Anti-Reflectant Coating market is seeing clear growth! 👓☀️ Projected to reach $7.65B by 2032 (6.7% CAGR).

Full Report:www.24chemicalresearch.com/reports/273095/global-an... #SolarEnergy #TechNews #Optics

Caring about optics & photonics? Looking for updates by young researchers? You can now join Functiglass project on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/functigla... #Functiglass #optics #photonics #cnrs #tau #luh #pas #unimib

Last week - March 16 to 20 - Milan witnessed the launch of #FUNCTIGLASS, a doctoral network funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social via the #MSCA. Until 2030 11 young researchers will work in #optics #photonics on #glass applications guided by INPHYNI @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social @univcotedazur.bsky.social

Scientists Trap Light in a Layer 1,000x Thinner Than a Hair Scientists have found a way to trap light in an extremely thin layer, potentially reshaping how future photonic devices are built.

Scientists Trap Light in a Layer 1,000x Thinner Than a Hair #Science #Physics #OpticsandPhotonics #LightTrapping #Optics #Photonics

scitechdaily.com/scientists-trap-light-in...

Chasing the moon. 🌙🚙
#science #optics #calm"

Drat, I missed the spring equilux.
#iTeachPhysics
#refraction
#optics

Exciting summer school at the interface of quantum optics and ultrafast photonics, excellent speakers, and fabulous location
#quantum #optics #ultrafast #photonics
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Coupled dipole simulation the the scattering of a Gaussian beam from a point particle. The image is divided in two rows of three images each. The top row show the electric field (in blue and red), while the bottom row show the modulus squared of the electric field (in green), which is proportional to the intensity. The three columns show the incident field, the scattered field, and the total field.

#PhysicsFactlet
Scattering VS Extinction
In #Optics, the concepts of scattering and extinction are closely related. So closely related that many people tend to confuse them.

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