New approach to developing efficient, high-precision 3D light shapers

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-approach-efficient-high-precision-3d-shapers.html

"aperiodic photonic volume elements microscopic voxels... direct flow controlled light... APVEs... direct laser writing for the 3D arrangement of voxels of specific refractive indices inside borosilicate glass...  154,000 to 308,000 voxels, each occupying a volume of approximately 1.75 µm × 7.5 µm × 10 µm, within just 20 minutes... highly integrated 3D light shapers... low cost, and high precision... information transport, optical computing, multimode fiber imaging, nonlinear photonics, and quantum optics"

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https://phys.org/news/2023-06-intrinsic-effect-potential-nonlinear-applications.html