Company Details

Name Phase Focus
Year founded 2006
Category Engineering
University partner Sheffield
Fusion IP shareholding 56%
 

Contact Details

Contact details  Ian Pykett
Phase Focus Limited
The Kroto Innovation Centre
North Campus, Broad Lane
Sheffield
S3 7HQ
Telephone +44 (0) 114 213 1890
Mobile         +44 (0) 7985 042 392
E-mail ianpykett@phasefocus.com
Website http://www.phasefocus.com/

Company Background

Phase Focus is developing an alternative approach to microscopy and imaging that does not rely on sophisticated lenses and has applications in optical, X-ray and electron microscopy, amongst others. Professor John Rodenburg, a founder of Phase Focus, is the inventor of a process that can generate high definition images of an object without the need for the high quality lenses that account for a significant element of the cost of high-performance microscopes.

For the non-technical

Phase Focus's technology eliminates the need for high-quality lenses in microscopy and imaging by transferring the image-producing step to a computer programme (the Phase Focus Virtual LensTM).  This disruptive innovation is expected to revolutionise microscopy not only by eliminating the restrictions and performance limitations of today's conventional focussing devices, but also by enabling a range of new capabilities such as post-acquisition focussing and high-contrast stain-free imaging.


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