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New all-optical approach to revolutionise night vision technology

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• defrost 2y ago
  See also: Enhanced Infrared Vision by Nonlinear Up-Conversion in Nonlocal Metasurfaces https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202402777 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202402777
• HumblyTossed 2y ago
  > and that could one day be placed on everyday eyewear, allowing the user to view the infrared and visible light spectrum at the same time. Hmmm.. this could get interesting. And not necessarily in a good way.
  • juancn 2y ago
    It reminds me of the issue with the old night-vision Sony camcorders and cameras that were used to get pictures of people naked. Polyester and a few other fabrics are transparent on IR.
  • friend_and_foe 2y ago
    How would that be bad?
• elp 2y ago
  I wonder if this could be used to boost solar panel efficiency?