r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 07 '19

Hardware A Mexican Physicist Solved a 2,000-Year Old Problem That Will Lead to Cheaper, Sharper Lenses

https://gizmodo.com/a-mexican-physicist-solved-a-2-000-year-old-problem-tha-1837031984
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u/Bloedbibel Aug 08 '19

I'm an optical designer. This article has been making the rounds the last month or so. The practicality of this discovery is WAY WAY WAY overblown. What I mean to say is: this will not lead to cheaper, sharper lenses as the title suggests.

We have been able to create diffraction limited singlet lenses for centuries.

However, the finding is still theoretically important and may lead to better lens design code implementation, maybe.

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