Today I proudly introduce the DVN Report on micro-öptics (that typesetting is at the suggestion of DVN Chief Editor Daniel Stern, and I agree; it looks more interesting and I hope you will like it).
You will find a concise and easy-to-read report, a practical overview about micro-öptics for automotive applications. They’re used in HUDs (head-up displays); in LED-based interior and exterior lighting; to improve the resolution and image quality of cameras used in reversing-assist systems; in laser sensors for autonomous driving systems; in infotainment displays, and in manufacturing processes to ensure precision and accuracy in the production of car parts. BMW’s Light Carpet was the commercialisation which drove the first mass awareness of MLAs (microlens arrays) in the automotive sector, where the technology is rapidly gaining traction—now the first micro-öptics headlamps are on the road.
With ongoing advancements, we will surely see more and better applications. An important point to understand is that micro-öptics can do more than just act like bigger lenses; their tiny size allows them to exploit the diffractive properties of light—think of a butterfly’s wings with microoptical surface structures which selectively reflect and refract light to create brilliant colours, then imagine that principle leveraged to create whole new kinds of ‘lightstyles’ and visual signatures on automobiles. Exciting!
The progress in lighting technologies never stops. Get informed about the newest trends by visiting the next DVN Workshops in Tokyo on 6-7 June and in San Francisco on 29-30 August.
Sincerely yours,