US Patent Issued on June 2 for "Hybrid lens assembly that uses a metalens and refractive lenses of a single material type" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,074, issued on June 2.

"Hybrid lens assembly that uses a metalens and refractive lenses of a single material type" was invented by Wei Ting Chen (Plainsboro, N.J.) and Qing Wang (Plainsboro, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid lens assembly that corrects for chromatic aberrations and monochromatic aberrations in passing light. A plurality of refractive lens elements are provided that are fabricated from a common refractive material. The refractive lens elements are shaped and oriented to optically correct for monochromatic aberrations. A metalens is provided. The metalens optically corrects for the chromatic aberrations. The ...