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Oscillating lenses focus fast

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Researchers demonstrate fast optical focusing using an oscillating liquid lens. The method could lead to the development of three-dimensional imaging instruments with rapid data collection.

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Figure 1: Fast focusing using an oscillating lens.

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  1. Claudiu A. Stan is in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. cstan@gmwgroup.harvard.edu,

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Stan, C. Oscillating lenses focus fast. Nature Photon 2, 595–596 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.192

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