Wafer-thin cameras with long focal lengths are theoretically possible


Camera lenses on the back of a smartphone

The house that cameras must focus usually necessitates a bulge in smartphones to deal with them

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An optical part referred to as a “spaceplate” might squeeze a whole digital camera and long-focus lens right into a wafer-thin chip, paving the best way for even higher miniaturisation of smartphones and different gadgets. Limitations have held spaceplates again, however now theoretical work reveals that they aren’t simply pie within the sky.

The lenses and sensors utilized in cameras have shrunk radically over time, however the remaining hurdle to additional miniaturisation is the empty house wanted …