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Camera that could fit on a penny captures vivid colour photos

A ‘meta-lens’ and corrective algorithms allow a tiny device to produce high-resolution images.
Optimized phase mask of five-millimetre diameter fabricated using a nanofabrication approach.

A five-millimetre-wide disk of microscopically patterned material (green) serves as a lens for a mini-camera. Credit: Igor Shevkunov

A computational-imaging technique paves the way for ultra-small cameras that could be used in various portable devices1.

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Nature 618, 217 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01764-w

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  1. Pinilla, S. et al. Sci. Adv. 9, eadg7297 (2023).

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