>Changing optical parameters: Complete transparency.
Japanese researchers invent completely transparent material: „Filed under: Digital Cameras, Misc. Gadgets, Networking In a breakthrough that could benefit fields as diverse as networking, photography, astronomy, and peeping, science-types at Japan’s Institute of Physical and Chemical Research have unveiled their prototype of a glass-like material that they claim to be 100% transparent. Unlike normal glass, which reflects some of the incoming light, the new so-called metamaterial –composed of a grid of gold or silver nanocoils embedded in a prism-shaped, glass-like material — uses its unique structural properties to achieve a negative refractive index, or complete transparency. Although currently just a one-off proof-of-concept (pictured, under an electron microscope), mass-produced versions of the new material could improve fiber optic communications, contribute to better telescopes and cameras, or lead to the development of completely new optical equipment. Read Permalink Email this Linking Blogs Comments „
