Researchers at Tel Aviv University were using a laser to make glass glow, but it caused the glass to fold, inventing “photonic origami”. The tiny 3D folds allows optical devices to be made 0.5 microns thick. Uses include micro-zoom lenses in smartphone cameras and superfast electronics.

https://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/news_releases/2025/researchers_use_photonic_origami_to_fold_glass_into_microscopic_3d_optical_devices/

https://english.tau.ac.il/research/fold-glass-into-optical-devices

https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-866900