Smartphones might soon be able to take 3D images, and bring holograms to life. Photo: Getty
Smartphone cameras of the not-too-distant future could be so tiny they are near invisible, yet able to produce images in incredible detail and in three dimensions.
It might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but a team of physicists at the Australian National University (ANU) believe they are on the verge of making it a reality.
The scientists have been able to create high-quality holographic images using a material they invented made from millions of tiny silicon pillars, each one 500 times thinner than a human hair.
Lead researcher on the project Sergey Kruk said each pillar captured all the detail of light directed at it and could then reproduce it in 3D.
“If you compare that to conventional pictures or computer monitors … those produce only a portion of the information of light, basically just the intensity of light and in two dimensions only,” Dr Kruk said.
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