Applications
Innovative use cases enabled by the Phaseform technology, Unlocking New Horizons in Adaptive Optics
Life-Science & Microscopy
Unlock the full potential of your microscopes with Phaseform's revolutionary Deformable Phase Plate (DPP) technology. Compensate for limitations caused by aberrations and avoid the complexity of conventional adaptive optics systems. Our refractive, in-line AO technology empowers your microscope with dynamic aberration correction, delivering sharp, high-resolution images. Compact, efficient, and versatile, the DPP seamlessly integrates into any optical setup, providing a cost-effective solution for a variety of microscopy techniques. Embrace the future of microscopy with Phaseform's DPP and experience a new era of aberration-free imaging. Download the Microscopy Application Note now for more information or contact us for more specific questions.
Ways of integrating DPP into Microscopes
Vision Science & Ophthalmology
Introducing Phaseform's revolutionary Deformable Phase Plates (DPP) for Ophthalmology - a breakthrough in high-resolution retinal imaging. Our DPP technology provides a compact and efficient solution for adaptive optics (AO) in ophthalmoscopes, transforming the way we observe the human visual system. Phaseform's DPPs are transmissive, eliminating the need for additional relay optics and reducing system complexity compared to reflective AO systems. By placing the DPP close to the patient's eye, we can actively compensate for ocular aberrations, achieving cellular-level resolution and superior image quality. In addition, our refractive AO approach enables seamless integration with existing ophthalmoscope infrastructure, making AO accessible to a wider range of clinical settings. Join us in the future of AO ophthalmoscopy with Phaseform's DPP technology. Download our ophthalmology white paper to learn more or contact us directly to discuss your specific needs.
Retinal imaging results acquired by Institut Langevin without and with Phaseform’s aberration correction.
Machine / Robot Vision
Phaseform’s DPPs are transmissive, eliminating the need for bulky reflective mirrors and complex 4f-relay setups, drastically reducing system footprint and integration complexity compared to traditional reflective AO hardware. By integrating the DPP directly into the optical path, we can actively compensate for system, environmental, and medium-induced aberrations in real-time, achieving diffraction-limited resolution and superior image quality under demanding conditions.
A premier example of this capability is the groundbreaking "Fovea Stacking" framework developed by researchers Shi Mao, Yogeshwar Nath Mishra, and Wolfgang Heidrich at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). By leveraging Phaseform's transmissive DPP technology, their computational imaging approach demonstrates how "fovea" can achieve aberration-free imaging.
learn more about Fovea stacking and click on the link below.
In addition, our refractive AO approach enables seamless integration with existing industrial lens infrastructure, making high-end wavefront control accessible to a wider range of factory automation, robotics, and metrology environments.
Shi Mao, Yogeshwar Nath Mishra, and Wolfgang Heidrich. 2025. Fovea Stacking: Imaging with Dynamic Localized Aberration Correction. ACM Trans. Graph. 44, 6, Article 259 (December 2025), 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3763278
3D Micro &
Nano Printing
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AR/VR/MR Headsets
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Amateur
Astronomy
Equip your amateur telescopes with the technology that revolutionized professional astronomy.
Material Science & Semiconductors
Inspect your samples with increased field-of-view, depth of focus and sharpness through films, liquids and other media.