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Holographic photopolymers were developed, as the name implies, for holography. ÌýHowever, they can be programmed with a variety of gradient index (GRIN) structures including diffractive and refractive lenses. ÌýThe polymers self develop in respnse to light, enabling complex 3D GRIN structure not possible with traditional processes that rely on diffusion. ÌýWe have created a number of specialized exposure systems operating from the micron to the 10 mm scale to implenent unusual optical functions, correct for aberrations or fabricate arbitrary arrays. ÌýThe polymers can be cast on to other optical components and areÌýnaturally soft, creating opportunities for in vivo medical imaging.

The team

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• A.C. Urness, K. Anderson, W. L. Wilson and R. R. McLeod,ÌýÌýOptics ExpressÌý23, pp. 264–273, 2015.
• C. Ye, R. R. McLeod,Ìý, Optics Letters 33, 2575-2577, 2008.
• Chunfang Ye, Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering,Ìý, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, 2012

This work has been generously funded by

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