ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,678, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Corlens Inc. (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
"Zernike double-metalens Cooke Triplet" was invented by Hossein Alisafaee (Terre Haute, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging lens system is disclosed comprised of a first optical element, a second optical element, and a third optical element. The first optical element is a conventional lens, while the second and third optical elements are metalenses. Each metalens produces a phase profile according to Zernike Polynomials. An adaptive phase wrapping may be included to enable large area metalenses. The disclosed system is distinguished from the prior art f...