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Reflection (physics) (2,108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

incident light. This is an important principle in the field of thin-film optics. Specular reflection forms images. Reflection from a flat surface forms
Focus (optics) (481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
In geometrical optics, a focus, also called an image point, is a point where light rays originating from a point on the object converge. Although the focus
Free-space optical communication (3,925 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Atlantic Wall. The invention of lasers in the 1960s revolutionized free-space optics. Military organizations were particularly interested and boosted their development
Narinder Singh Kapany (2,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Indian-American physicist best known for his work on fiber optics. Kapany is a pioneer in the field of fiber optics, known for coining and popularising the term. Fortune
Adaptive optics (3,102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Adaptive optics (AO) is a technique of precisely deforming a mirror in order to compensate for light distortion. It is used in astronomical telescopes
Science in the medieval Islamic world (5,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Islamic physicists such as Ibn Al-Haytham, Al-Bīrūnī and others studied optics and mechanics as well as astronomy, and criticised Aristotle's view of motion
Backscatter (photography) (891 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
In photography, backscatter (also called near-camera reflection) is an optical phenomenon resulting in typically circular artifacts on an image, due to
Geometric albedo (1,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
direction of the light paths and is not a phase angle in its normal meaning in optics or electronics.) Diffuse scattering implies that radiation is reflected
Fly-by-wire (4,410 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
drag-inducing aerodynamic trims in the elevators.[citation needed] Fly-by-optics is sometimes used instead of fly-by-wire because it offers a higher data
Scattering (3,702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
particle diameter to wavelength more than about 10, the laws of geometric optics are mostly sufficient to describe the interaction of light with the particle
Cardinal point (optics) (2,286 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
In Gaussian optics, the cardinal points consist of three pairs of points located on the optical axis of a rotationally symmetric, focal, optical system
Biomedical engineering (5,945 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
biology, chemistry, tissue engineering and materials science. Biomedical optics combines the principles of physics, engineering, and biology to study the
Wave interference (4,473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Achamfuo-Yeboah, S.; Light R.; Clark M. (2014). "Widefield two laser interferometry". Optics Express. 22 (22): 27094–27101. Bibcode:2014OExpr..2227094P. doi:10.1364/OE
Normal (geometry) (2,367 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
In geometry, a normal is an object (e.g. a line, ray, or vector) that is perpendicular to a given object. For example, the normal line to a plane curve
OPTICS algorithm (2,066 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Ordering points to identify the clustering structure (OPTICS) is an algorithm for finding density-based clusters in spatial data. It was presented by Mihael
Diffraction (6,017 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Fowles (1975). Introduction to Modern Optics. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-65957-2. Hecht, Eugene (2002). Optics (4th ed.). United States of America:
Schlieren photography (1,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cutoff pattern (essentially a multiplicity of knife edges) with focusing optics, while density gradients lying between the illumination pattern and the
Halo (optical phenomenon) (3,078 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
a hole in the sky". Atmospheric Optics. Retrieved 3 August 2016. Les Cowley. "Bottlinger's Rings". Atmospheric Optics. Retrieved 2017-06-26. Nance, Robert
Rod cell (1,755 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Rod cells are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in lower light better than the other type of visual photoreceptor, cone cells
Distortion (optics) (2,578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
In geometric optics, distortion is a deviation from rectilinear projection; a projection in which straight lines in a scene remain straight in an image
Charles K. Kao (8,515 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and Nobel laureate who contributed to the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s, Kao created various methods to combine
Institute of Physics (2,426 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application. It
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (1,211 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics (abbreviation: MPQ; German: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik) is a part of the Max Planck Society which
Objective (optics) (1,132 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
In optical engineering, an objective is an optical element that gathers light from an object being observed and focuses the light rays from it to produce
Red dot sight (2,408 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
design uses a red light-emitting diode (LED) at the focus of collimating optics, which generates a dot-style illuminated reticle that stays in alignment
Severance (TV series) (5,122 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
drawn to Burt. Christopher Walken as Burt Goodman, the severed head of the Optics and Design division who is drawn to Irving. Patricia Arquette as Harmony
Medical optical imaging (806 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Applied Optics. 46 (23): 5805–5822. Bibcode:2007ApOpt..46.5805F. doi:10.1364/ao.46.005805. PMID 17694130. Durduran, T; et al. (2010). "Diffuse optics for
Rangefinder camera (2,353 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
imitations and derivatives), Contax cameras manufactured for Carl Zeiss Optics by camera subsidiary Zeiss-Ikon and, after Germany's defeat in World War
Large Binocular Telescope (2,123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
telescope. In the summer of 2010, the "First Light Adaptive Optics" (FLAO) – an adaptive optics system with a deformable secondary mirror rather than correcting
Laser (12,584 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
13, 2009). Handbook of Optics, Third Edition Volume V: Atmospheric Optics, Modulators, Fiber Optics, X-Ray and Neutron Optics. McGraw Hill Professional
IEEE Photonics Society (420 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The IEEE Photonics Society, formerly the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), is a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Gigabit Ethernet (3,317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
distances up to 2 km over a pair of multi-mode fibers due to higher quality optics than a SX, running on 1310 nm wavelength lasers. It is easily confused with
Euclid's Optics (872 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Optics (Greek: Ὀπτικά) is a work on the geometry of vision written by the Greek mathematician Euclid around 300 BC. The earliest surviving manuscript of
Fiber-optic cable (3,211 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
All-dielectric self-supporting OSP: Fiber optic cable, outside plant MDU: Fiber optics cable, multiple dwelling unit The jacket material is application-specific
Optical coherence tomography (9,508 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
coherence length of the light source and the latter being a function of the optics. The axial resolution of OCT is defined as where λ0{\displaystyle \lambda
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (4,579 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Optics & Photonics – Erasmus Mundus MSc Program". ksop.idschools.kit.edu. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017. "KIT – Karlsruhe School of Optics
Institut d'optique Graduate School (901 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Institut d'optique Graduate School ("Institute of optics"), nicknamed SupOptique or IOGS, is a graduate school of Paris-Saclay University and ParisTech
Ritchey–Chrétien telescope (2,107 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
telescope-optics.net. Notes on amateur telescope optics. Retrieved 2010-04-24. Rutten, Harrie; van Venrooij, Martin (2002). Telescope Optics. Willmann-Bell
Neuro-ophthalmology (1,013 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Neuro-ophthalmology is an academically-oriented subspecialty that merges the fields of neurology and ophthalmology, often dealing with complex systemic
Fluorite (3,695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
aberration, making them valuable in microscopes and telescopes. Fluorite optics are also usable in the far-ultraviolet and mid-infrared ranges, where conventional
Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. (1,468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Wuhan Optics Valley Football Club (simplified Chinese: 武汉光谷; traditional Chinese: 武漢光谷; pinyin: Wǔhàn Guānggǔ) is a defunct football club that was located
Minolta (3,374 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
company adopted its final name, an acronym for "Mechanism, Instruments, Optics, and Lenses by Tashima".[third-party source needed] In 2003, Minolta merged
Organic light-emitting transistor (215 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
An organic light-emitting transistor (OLET) is a form of transistor that emits light. These transistors have potential for digital displays and on-chip
Total internal reflection (13,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
light, a photon has a non-zero probability of crossing a gap, even if ray optics would say that its approach is too oblique. Another reason why internal
Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS) is a research lab belonging to Indian Space Research Organisation. It involves in design and development of optics and sensor
Ellen Ochoa (1,682 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
exploration. At Sandia National Laboratories, she applied what she knew about optics to the research being done on nuclear weapons. She patented an optical system
Linear optical quantum computing (3,868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Linear optical quantum computing or linear optics quantum computation (LOQC), also photonic quantum computing (PQC), is a paradigm of quantum computation
Quantum computing (12,223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
P.; Wallden, P. (2020). "Advances in quantum cryptography". Advances in Optics and Photonics. 12 (4): 1012–1236. arXiv:1906.01645. doi:10.1364/AOP.361502
Orbital angular momentum multiplexing (2,637 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
larger number of channels, subject only to the constraint of real-world optics. The constraint has been clarified in terms of independent scattering channels
NuSTAR (2,821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
employ grazing incidence optics to be able to focus X-rays. For this two conical approximation Wolter telescope design optics with 10.15 m (33.3 ft) focal
Thales Optronics (508 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and Stroud, which was based in Glasgow. Pilkington PE later became Thales Optics Ltd., which was divested from Thales in December 2005 as Qioptiq Ltd. In
Light beam (401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Association (IrDA) standards Infrared remote control Security alarms Fibre optics Laser pointer Laser sight List of applications for lasers Beam diameter
Trams in Wuhan (631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Wuhan is the Auto-city T1 Line, which began on July 28, 2017. Subsequently, Optics Valley tram started revenue service from April 1, 2018. Auto-city T1 line
Radiation pattern (2,000 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
antenna or other source. Particularly in the fields of fiber optics, lasers, and integrated optics, the term radiation pattern may also be used as a synonym
Amnon Yariv (339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
crystals and nonlinear and phase-conjugate optics, and his demonstration of semiconductor-based integrated optics technology leading to the development of
Fiber laser (2,843 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Cat. No.99TH8464). Vol. 2. Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting. LEOS '99. IEEE
Girish Saran Agarwal (900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
recognized leader in the field of quantum optics and also has made major contributions to the fields of nonlinear optics, nanophotonics and plasmonics. In 2013
Rayleigh scattering (2,977 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
papers; see Works. Young, Andrew T (1981). "Rayleigh scattering". Applied Optics. 20 (4): 533–5. Bibcode:1981ApOpt..20..533Y. doi:10.1364/AO.20.000533. PMID 20309152
Multiple-prism grating laser oscillator (882 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
oscillator, Appl. Opt. 37, 3987–3989 (1998). F. J. Duarte, Tunable Laser Optics, 2nd Ed. (CRC, New York, 2015). F. J. Duarte, Multiple-prism grating solid-state
Phase space (2,127 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
extensively used in nonimaging optics, the branch of optics devoted to illumination. It is also an important concept in Hamiltonian optics. In medicine and bioengineering
Optical coating (2,807 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
transmits light. These coatings have become a key technology in the field of optics. One type of optical coating is an anti-reflective coating, which reduces
Photometry (optics) (1,826 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
quantities are denoted with suffix "Ω". Bass, Michael, ed. (1995). Handbook of Optics: Volume II – Devices, Measurements and Properties (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill
Pinhole camera (2,779 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
context of optics was found in James Ferguson's 1764 book Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics. The first known
Trams in Wuhan (631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Wuhan is the Auto-city T1 Line, which began on July 28, 2017. Subsequently, Optics Valley tram started revenue service from April 1, 2018. Auto-city T1 line
Projection (500 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Look up projection, projecting, projective, or projector in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Projection, projections or projective may refer to: Projection
Waveguide (optics) (1,857 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
optical waveguides can be described using the concepts of geometrical or ray optics, as illustrated in the diagram. Light passing into a medium with higher
Fiber-optic communication (7,526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
communication.[better source needed] First developed in the 1970s, fiber-optics have revolutionized the telecommunications industry and have played a major
Sonatel (202 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
telecommunications. The company is involved in the construction of fiber optics networks in Africa and manages 2,200 kilometers of fiber cable in Senegal
Wuhan East railway station (300 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
started on July 28, 2015. And at first this new railway station was named Optics valley railway stationChinese: 光谷火车站. It was renamed as Wuhan east railway
List of reflected light sources (104 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This is a list of reflected sources of light examples in contrast to the List of light sources. The list is oriented towards visible light reflection.
Fresnel imager (896 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ultra-lightweight design for a space telescope that uses a Fresnel array as primary optics instead of a typical lens. It focuses light with a thin opaque foil sheet
Brewster's angle (1,678 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or prisms with their surfaces at the Brewster angle are commonly used in optics and laser physics in particular. The polarized laser light enters the prism
Technology company (501 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
services, which include businesses relating to digital electronics, software, optics, new energy and internet-related services such as cloud storage and e-commerce
Attenuation (2,638 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
attenuation is an exponential function of the path length through the medium. In optics and in chemical spectroscopy, this is known as the Beer–Lambert law. In
Zinc sulfide (975 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sulfide can be transparent, and it is used as a window for visible optics and infrared optics. ZnS exists in two main crystalline forms. This dualism is an
Modulational instability (1,624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In the fields of nonlinear optics and fluid dynamics, modulational instability or sideband instability is a phenomenon whereby deviations from a periodic
Germanium (7,313 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
germanium. Presently, the major end uses are fibre-optic systems, infrared optics, solar cell applications, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Germanium compounds
Tessar (2,158 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
The Tessar is a photographic lens design conceived by the German physicist Dr. Paul Rudolph in 1902 while he worked at the Zeiss optical company and patented
Backscatter (901 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
medium (Brillouin scattering and Raman scattering), important in fiber optics, see below; Elastic collisions between accelerated ions and a sample (Rutherford
Binoculars (11,071 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vision seems to have been explored. Most early binoculars used Galilean optics; that is, they used a convex objective and a concave eyepiece lens. The
Gemini Observatory (3,357 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
They utilize adaptive optics technology to counteract atmospheric blurring. Notably, Gemini leads in wide-field adaptive optics assisted infrared imaging
ITMO University (9,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ITMO University (abbreviated from Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University; Russian: Университет ИТМО) is a state-supported university in
Ibn Sahl (mathematician) (1,031 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Muslim scholar known to have studied Ptolemy's Optics, and as such an important precursor to the Book of Optics by Ibn Al-Haytham (Alhazen), written some thirty
Optical tweezers (9,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
nanochemistry (to study and build materials from single molecules), quantum optics and quantum optomechanics (to study the interaction of single particles
Optical tweezers (9,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
nanochemistry (to study and build materials from single molecules), quantum optics and quantum optomechanics (to study the interaction of single particles
Light tube (3,393 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
contain the light by total internal reflection. Principles of nonimaging optics govern the flow of light through them. Manufacturing custom designed infrared
Alhazen's problem (799 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as Alhazen's billiard problem, is a mathematical problem in geometrical optics first formulated by Ptolemy in 150 AD. It is named for the 11th-century
Binoculars (11,071 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vision seems to have been explored. Most early binoculars used Galilean optics; that is, they used a convex objective and a concave eyepiece lens. The
Nicolaas Bloembergen (2,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy. During his career, he was a professor at Harvard
Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (667 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
H (Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation) IEE Proceedings H (Microwaves, Optics and Antennas) IEE Proceedings I (Communications, Speech and Vision) IEE
Bausch & Lomb (2,410 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cinema was being superseded by television, Bausch & Lomb developed improved optics for the CinemaScope process, which popularized the film-based anamorphic
Iran Electronics Industries (676 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
It is a diversified organization with operations in electronics, optics, electro-optics, medical equipment, communications, computer and semiconductors
FOXSI Sounding Rocket (441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager, or FOXSI, is a sounding rocket payload built by UC Berkeley and led by Säm Krucker to test high energy grazing-incidence
Rajiah Simon (104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
for pioneering work in quantum optics. Simon and collaborators initiated the quantum theory of charged-particle beam optics by working out the focusing action
Mass-to-charge ratio (2,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
used in the electrodynamics of charged particles, e.g. in electron optics and ion optics. It appears in the scientific fields of electron microscopy, cathode
Lenticular lens (1,413 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017. DIY Printed Holographic Display (Lenticular Optics Explained), archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 8
Paraxial approximation (286 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In geometric optics, the paraxial approximation is a small-angle approximation used in Gaussian optics and ray tracing of light through an optical system
Quantum metrology (1,430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Heisenberg-limited parameter estimation" (PDF). Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics. 6 (8). IOP Publishing: S811–S815. arXiv:quant-ph/0402083
Phased-array optics (758 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Phased-array optics is the technology of controlling the phase and amplitude of light waves transmitting, reflecting, or captured (received) by a two-dimensional
2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship (372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held at the Edel-optics.de Arena in Hamburg, Germany, from 16 to 26 August 2018. Both men's and women's
Liquid-crystal laser (2,028 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Cerqua; Marshall; Schmid; Guardalben; Skerrett (1988). "Liquid-crystal laser optics: design, fabrication, and performance". Journal of the Optical Society of
Quantum dynamics (546 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is relevant for burgeoning fields, such as quantum computing and atomic optics. In mathematics, quantum dynamics is the study of the mathematics behind
Hubble Space Telescope (21,648 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
spherical aberration that compromised the telescope's capabilities. The optics were corrected to their intended quality by a servicing mission in 1993
Fresnel equations (7,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Hamilton's diabolical point at the heart of crystal optics", in E. Wolf (ed.), Progress in Optics, vol. 50, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007, pp. 13–50, doi:10
Fast Ethernet (2,475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
distances up to 40 km over a pair of single-mode fibers due to higher quality optics than a LX10, running on 1310 nm wavelength lasers. 100BASE-EX is not a formal
E. C. George Sudarshan (1,861 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
contribution to the field of quantum optics. His theorem proves the equivalence of classical wave optics to quantum optics. The theorem makes use of the Sudarshan
Schneider Kreuznach (8,546 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
referred to as Schneider) is a manufacturer of industrial and photographic optics. The company was founded on 18 January 1913 by Joseph Schneider as Optische
Ernst Ruska (489 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron microscope. Ernst Ruska was
Euskaltel (287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
depicts a stylized orange-coloured butterfly. Euskatel operates a fibre optics network within the region, laid in collaboration with the Basque gas company
Field (668 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Look up field in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Field may refer to: Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes Airfield, an
Blur (449 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Look up blur, blurry, blurred, or blurring in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blur, Blurry, Blurring, Blurred or Blurr, may refer to: Bokeh, the aesthetic
Field (668 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Look up field in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Field may refer to: Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes Airfield, an
Blur (449 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Look up blur, blurry, blurred, or blurring in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blur, Blurry, Blurring, Blurred or Blurr, may refer to: Bokeh, the aesthetic
History of the telescope (9,195 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
were followed by many centuries of writings on optics, including Ptolemy (2nd century) in his Optics, who wrote about the properties of light including
Very Large Telescope (5,460 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and high-resolution imaging. In particular, the VLT has several adaptive optics systems, which correct for the effects of atmospheric turbulence, providing
Crystal ball (1,182 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A crystal ball is a crystal or glass ball commonly used in fortune-telling. It is generally associated with the performance of clairvoyance and scrying
Yasen Petrov (350 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Yasen Petrov Petrov (Bulgarian: Ясен Петров Петров; born 23 June 1968) is a Bulgarian former football player. His nickname is Giannini from Plovdiv. Born
ESO 3.6 m Telescope (941 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
scientific achievements and presented ADONIS, one of the first adaptive optics system available to the astronomical community in the 1980s. Since April
Ian Walmsley (363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the Royal Society in 2012 for his contributions to quantum optics and ultrafast optics, including his development of the spectral phase interferometry
Johnson & Johnson Vision (1,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
products in approximately 60 countries. In February 2017, Abbott Medical Optics changed its name to Johnson & Johnson Vision following its $4.3 billion
Interferometry (11,100 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
an important investigative technique in the fields of astronomy, fiber optics, engineering metrology, optical metrology, oceanography, seismology, spectroscopy
New England College of Optometry (153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the United States. It was originally established as the Klein School of Optics in 1894 by Dr. August Andreas Klein, an ophthalmologist. The college moved
Optometry (6,803 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
traced back to the early studies on optics and image formation by the eye. The origins of optical science (optics, as taught in a basic physics class)
Endomicroscopy (1,703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from the source through an optical fibre to a flexible hand-held probe. Optics in the probe focus the laser to a spot in the tissue, exciting fluorescence
Roy J. Glauber (1,273 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
bulbs (see blackbody). His theories are widely used in the field of quantum optics. In statistical physics he pioneered the study of the dynamics of first-order
Astigmatism (4,090 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
properties. In some people, the external optics may have the greater influence, and in other people, the internal optics may predominate. Importantly, the axes
Extremely Large Telescope (5,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
diameter secondary mirror. The telescope will be supported by adaptive optics, six laser guide star units, and multiple large science instruments. The
Fibre-optic gyroscope (612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
interference pattern which is measured photometrically. Beam splitting optics split light from a laser diode (or other laser light source) into two waves
Cavity quantum electrodynamics (544 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Quantum optics Cavity QED Circuit QED Linear optical QC KLM protocol Ultracold atoms Neutral atom QC Trapped-ion QC Spin-based Kane QC Spin qubit QC NV
Dermo-optical perception (1,745 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Dermo-optical perception (DOP, also known as dermal vision, dermo-optics, skin vision, skin reading, finger vision, cutaneous perception, digital sight
Beer–Lambert law (4,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The extinction law is also used in understanding attenuation in physical optics, for photons, neutrons, or rarefied gases. In mathematical physics, this
Transparency (327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Transparency, transparence or transparent most often refer to: Transparency (optics), transmitting light Many articles listed use "transparency" as a metaphor
Peter Zoller (1,848 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Austria. He is professor at the University of Innsbruck and works on quantum optics and quantum information and is best known for his pioneering research on
GEO600 (2,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Leibniz Universität Hannover, along with University of Glasgow,
Perspective (graphical) (3,467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
skenographia, so this art was not confined merely to the stage. Euclid in his Optics (c. 300 BC) argues correctly that the perceived size of an object is not
3D optical data storage (4,191 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
involves nonlinear data reading and writing methods, in particular nonlinear optics. 3D optical data storage is related to (and competes with) holographic data
Hermann A. Haus (404 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
major conference and symposium on laser and quantum electronics and quantum optics around the world. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1995 and
Confocal microscopy (5,182 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
genetics to microbiology and developmental biology. It is also used in quantum optics and nano-crystal imaging and spectroscopy. Clinically, CLSM is used in the
KLM protocol (3,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Utilizing encoding in scalable linear optics quantum computing". Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics. IOP Publishing. 6 (12): 533–541.
Quantum amplifier (1,747 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Kouznetsov; D. Rohrlich (1997). "Quantum noise in the mapping of phase space". Optics and Spectroscopy. 82 (6): 909–913. Bibcode:1997OptSp..82..909K. Kim M. S
Ajoy Ghatak (735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
170 research papers and more than 20 books. His undergraduate textbook on Optics has been translated to Chinese and Persian and his monograph on Inhomogeneous
Samsung SGH-G600 (65 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(WEP-210), also depending on country of purchase, and is the fourth phone released to have Schneider Kreuznach Optics. Product page at Samsung.com v t e
3D optical data storage (4,191 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
involves nonlinear data reading and writing methods, in particular nonlinear optics. 3D optical data storage is related to (and competes with) holographic data
Confocal microscopy (5,182 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
genetics to microbiology and developmental biology. It is also used in quantum optics and nano-crystal imaging and spectroscopy. Clinically, CLSM is used in the
Quantum amplifier (1,747 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Kouznetsov; D. Rohrlich (1997). "Quantum noise in the mapping of phase space". Optics and Spectroscopy. 82 (6): 909–913. Bibcode:1997OptSp..82..909K. Kim M. S
DxO Labs (1,566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
million Euros of financing in venture capital. When DO Labs released DxO Optics Pro in 2004, which became DxO PhotoLab in 2017, it was the first product
Samsung SGH-G600 (65 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(WEP-210), also depending on country of purchase, and is the fourth phone released to have Schneider Kreuznach Optics. Product page at Samsung.com v t e
Narasimhaiengar Mukunda (809 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Hamilton’s theory of turns and a new geometrical representation for polarization optics" which developed the coset space SU(2)/U(1) = S3/S1 as an alternative to
Objective (115 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Objective may refer to: Objective (optics), an element in a camera or microscope The Objective, a 2008 science fiction
Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (1,504 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) is an optical correction instrument designed and built by NASA. It was created to correct
Newton (Blake) (414 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
is the Tree of Life. Science is the Tree of Death." Newton's theory of optics was especially offensive to Blake, who made a clear distinction between
Sunny Optical (1,010 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Optoelectronic (Chinese: 余姚光电).: 29–30  At that time, the university designed the optics and the factory manufactured them. In 1993, Yuyao Optoelectronic and other
Janus laser (213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Enrique; Winsor, Harry V. (eds.). "Beam transport optics for laser fusion". Optics in Adverse Environments. Optics in Adverse Environments I. 121: 111. Bibcode:1978SPIE
Physical Review B (599 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (also known as PRB) is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal, published by the American Physical
Tyndall effect (1,455 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Tyndall effect is light scattering by particles in a colloid such as a very fine suspension (a sol). Also known as Tyndall scattering, it is similar
Bushnell Corporation (1,734 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Bushnell Corporation is an American firm that specializes in sporting optics and outdoor products. It is based in Overland Park, Kansas and is a wholly-owned
Electronic media (3,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
introduction of fiber optics, wireless transmission, satellite transmission, Free Space Optics, and the internet. Fiber optics was first developed in
Prism (473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prisms in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Prism usually refers to: Prism (optics), a transparent optical component with flat surfaces that refract light
Zoom (553 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Look up Zoom, zoom, zoom in, zoom out, or zooming in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zoom may refer to: Zoom (2006 film), starring Tim Allen Zoom (2015
Theodor W. Hänsch (1,171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Hänsch is Director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (quantum optics) and Professor of experimental physics and laser spectroscopy at the Ludwig-Maximilians
Sun dog (2,647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Atmospheric Optics. Retrieved 16 May 2017. "Sundog formation". Atmospheric Optics. Retrieved 16 May 2017. "Sundog Colours". Atmospheric Optics. Retrieved
Condenser (optics) (1,498 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
electrons in electron microscopy, neutron radiation, and synchrotron radiation optics. Condensers are located above the light source and under the sample in an
Telescopic sight (10,864 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
optics. The tritium light source has to be replaced every 8–12 years, since it gradually loses brightness due to radioactive decay. With fiber optics
Astigmatism (optical systems) (1,934 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
certain types of telescope. Some telescopes deliberately use non-spherical optics to overcome this phenomenon.[why?][failed verification] In the analysis
Raman scattering (4,052 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
List of surface analysis methods National Science Day (India) Nonlinear optics Raman laser Raman spectroscopy Resonance Raman spectroscopy (RR) Scattering
Magenta (2,418 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Magenta (/məˈdʒɛntə/) is a purplish-red color. On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located precisely midway
Nokia XR20 (102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Nokia XR20 is also the last Nokia-branded smartphone that utilizes Zeiss optics due to HMD Global and Zeiss mutually parting way from the partnership. Nokia
Cleomedes (641 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Cleomedes (Greek: Κλεομήδης) was a Greek astronomer who is known chiefly for his book On the Circular Motions of the Celestial Bodies (Κυκλικὴ θεωρία μετεώρων)
Reflecting telescope (3,918 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
image-forming optics. The idea that curved mirrors behave like lenses dates back at least to Alhazen's 11th century treatise on optics, works that had
Albedo (7,407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\sigma }}_{\text{OC}}>0.07\end{cases}}}. The term albedo was introduced into optics by Johann Heinrich Lambert in his 1760 work Photometria.[citation needed]
Leica Camera (4,234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
German optics company
Ørgreen Optics (246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Ørgreen Optics is a Danish eyewear company based in Copenhagen. They are most commonly known for their colour combinations, Danish design and Japanese-made
Condenser (optics) (1,498 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
electrons in electron microscopy, neutron radiation, and synchrotron radiation optics. Condensers are located above the light source and under the sample in an
Wide Field and Planetary Camera (596 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
its functionality was severely impaired by the defects of the main mirror optics which afflicted the telescope. However, it produced uniquely valuable high
Leica Camera (4,234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
German optics company
JEOL (1,291 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
company, Kazato and Ito chose to found a new organization. The Japan Electron Optics Laboratory Company, Limited (Nihon Denshi Kogaku Kenkyujo) was founded in
Hamburg Towers (511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to the BBL for the first time. Since 2014, their home arena is the Edel-optics.de Arena in Wilhelmsburg. It has capacity for 3,400 people. In February
Niels Bohr Institute (2,066 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
interactions between them. The Quantum Optics section conducts experimental and theoretical research in Quantum Optics, in particular, in Quantum Information
Objective (115 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Objective may refer to: Objective (optics), an element in a camera or microscope The Objective, a 2008 science fiction
Ti-sapphire laser (1,504 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
damage to the optics in the amplifier. Then the pulse is optically amplified and recompressed in time to form a short, localized pulse. All optics after this
Albedo (7,407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\sigma }}_{\text{OC}}>0.07\end{cases}}}. The term albedo was introduced into optics by Johann Heinrich Lambert in his 1760 work Photometria.[citation needed]
DxO Labs (1,566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
million Euros of financing in venture capital. When DO Labs released DxO Optics Pro in 2004, which became DxO PhotoLab in 2017, it was the first product
Line 11 (Wuhan Metro) (112 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Wuhan. This line connects Wuchang with the eastern Optics Valley. Construction of the first section Optics Valley section started on October 28, 2014. "First
Leica Microsystems (423 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
50°33′07″N 08°29′52″E / 50.55194°N 8.49778°E / 50.55194; 8.49778 Leica Microsystems GmbH is a German microscope manufacturing company. It is a manufacturer
DBSCAN (3,477 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
this distance of each other. Alternatively, an OPTICS plot can be used to choose ε, but then the OPTICS algorithm itself can be used to cluster the data
Microlens (2,098 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
integrated circuit industry, such as wafer-level optics. The study of such diffracting lenses is known as binary optics. Micro-lenses in recent imaging chips have
Bruker (1,572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Scientific Instruments (Bruker AXS, Bruker BioSpin, Bruker Daltonics and Bruker Optics) and Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) divisions. In April 2010
JDSU (921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
solutions for authentication and decorative applications, and other custom optics. It was headquartered in Milpitas, California. In August 2015, JDSU split
Euler spiral (2,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
transition or an easement between a tangent and a horizontal circular curve. In optics the term "Cornu spiral" is used.: 432  The Cornu spiral can be used to describe
2014 Wuhan Open (305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China between 21 and 27 September
Jenoptik (974 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
million euros. As of September 2020, Jenoptik acquired the Hamburg-based optics group TRIOPTICS, an international supplier of test equipment and manufacturing
Bond albedo (826 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Bond albedo (also called spheric albedo, planetary albedo, and bolometric albedo), named after the American astronomer George Phillips Bond (1825–1865)
Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (1,649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
law of conservation of momentum. It is an important process in quantum optics, for the generation of entangled photon pairs, and of single photons. A
List of largest optical reflecting telescopes (1,641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stable atmosphere and favorable climate conditions, and active optics and adaptive optics to correct for much of atmospheric turbulence allow the largest
Optical lattice (2,297 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
optical lattice with tunable spacing: transport and static properties". Optics Express. 13 (11): 4303–4313. arXiv:cond-mat/0505029. Bibcode:2005OExpr.
Lambertian reflectance (576 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Lambertian reflectance is the property that defines an ideal "matte" or diffusely reflecting surface. The apparent brightness of a Lambertian surface to
Webcam (3,646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
impact image sharpness to a great extent. Most models use simple, focal-free optics (fixed focus, factory-set for the usual distance from the monitor to which
Soliton (4,541 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
these three properties (for instance, the 'light bullets' of nonlinear optics are often called solitons despite losing energy during interaction). Dispersion
Robert L. Byer (692 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
University. He has conducted research and taught classes in lasers and nonlinear optics at Stanford University since 1969. He has made numerous contributions to
Optometry and Vision Science (229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Optometry in 1941, then to the American Journal of Optometry and Physiological Optics in 1974, before obtaining its current title in 1989. The editor-in-chief
2017 Wuhan Open (252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Premier 5 tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China. Rankings are as of September
Dan Walls (793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
May 1999) was a New Zealand theoretical physicist specialising in quantum optics. Walls gained a BSc in physics and mathematics and a first class honours
International Electrotechnical Commission (1,391 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
distribution to home appliances and office equipment, semiconductors, fibre optics, batteries, solar energy, nanotechnology and marine energy as well as many
Germanium tetrachloride (552 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Germanium tetrachloride is a colourless, fuming liquid with a peculiar, acidic odour. It is used as an intermediate in the production of purified germanium
W. M. Keck Observatory (1,917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
that allowed the construction of the Keck telescopes was the use of active optics to operate smaller mirror segments as a single, contiguous mirror. A mirror
Leupold & Stevens (1,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
generation of ownership. In 2008, Leupold & Stevens purchased Redfield Optics along with its brand name and all intellectual property rights. In 2010
John Tyndall Award (501 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
significant, or continuing technical or leadership contributions to fiber optics technology". The award is named after John Tyndall (1820-1893), who demonstrated
Electrostatic lens (1,087 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Charged Particle Optics, Second Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-4555-0. A El-Kareh (2 December 2012). Electron Beams, Lenses, and Optics. Elsevier Science
Applied Physics B (309 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
includes laser physics, optical & laser materials, linear optics, nonlinear optics, quantum optics, and photonic devices. Interest also includes laser spectroscopy
Astronomical interferometer (2,654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fraction of a wavelength over long optical paths, requiring very precise optics. Practical infrared and optical astronomical interferometers have only recently
Telus TV (919 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
clients, with FTTN implementations using telephone lines instead of fibre optics for a portion of the connection. Telus launched IPTV service in November
Birefringence (6,584 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Hamilton's diabolical point at the heart of crystal optics", in E. Wolf (ed.), Progress in Optics, vol. 50, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007, pp. 13–50, doi:10
Applied Physics B (309 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
includes laser physics, optical & laser materials, linear optics, nonlinear optics, quantum optics, and photonic devices. Interest also includes laser spectroscopy
List of largest optical reflecting telescopes (1,641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stable atmosphere and favorable climate conditions, and active optics and adaptive optics to correct for much of atmospheric turbulence allow the largest
JDSU (921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
solutions for authentication and decorative applications, and other custom optics. It was headquartered in Milpitas, California. In August 2015, JDSU split
Magneto-optic effect (1,209 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
magnetically-controlled nonlinear optical transmittance in multi-wall carbon nanotubes". Optics Express. 24 (17): 19552–19557. Bibcode:2016OExpr..2419552G. doi:10.1364/OE
2017 Wuhan Open (252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Premier 5 tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China. Rankings are as of September
Inelastic scattering (664 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
In chemistry, nuclear physics, and particle physics, inelastic scattering is a process in which the kinetic energy of a particle or a system of particles
International Electrotechnical Commission (1,391 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
distribution to home appliances and office equipment, semiconductors, fibre optics, batteries, solar energy, nanotechnology and marine energy as well as many
Double-slit experiment (8,522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
FA and White HE, Fundamentals of Optics, 1967, McGraw Hill, New York Longhurst RS, Physical and Geometrical Optics, 1967, 2nd Edition, Longmans Zee,
2016 Wuhan Open (365 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Premier 5 tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China. Rankings are as of September
Samsung i8510 Innov8 (295 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
camera (which its name refers to) with Dual LED and Schneider-Kreuznach optics. In addition to offering e-mail, web browsing, local Wi-Fi connectivity
100 Gigabit Ethernet (7,116 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
25 Gbit/s optics (100GBASE-LR4 and 100GBASE-ER4) and the 10 km 40 Gbit/s objective with four wavelengths (around 1310 nm) of 10 Gbit/s optics (40GBASE-LR4)
Ørgreen Optics (246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Ørgreen Optics is a Danish eyewear company based in Copenhagen. They are most commonly known for their colour combinations, Danish design and Japanese-made
Mullard Space Science Laboratory (1,299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
co-ordinates Postgraduate training for a number of Faraday Partnerships. The Smart Optics Faraday Partnership is an active network of more than 100 businesses and
MGM-157 EFOGM (169 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
developed for the U.S. Army during the 1980s and 1990s to test the use of fiber optics in missiles. The missile was launched vertically and manually controlled
Specular reflection (1,759 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
interfaces in an analogous fashion to x-ray reflectivity. Geometric optics Hamiltonian optics Reflection coefficient Reflection (mathematics) Specular highlight
Zeng Cheng (850 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Zeng Cheng (Chinese: 曾诚; pinyin: Zēng Chéng; born 8 January 1987) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super
Computer-generated holography (2,595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
adjustable phase and brightness. Such displays have been called phased array optics. Further progress in nanotechnology is required to build them. Currently
Scope mount (3,615 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
- Optics info Gradišnik, Andraž (2022-08-24). "Aimpoint Acro C-2 Footprint". Optics Trade Blog. Retrieved 2022-10-16. "Aimpoint ACRO Mounts - Optics-Trade"
Fujifilm X-mount (3,737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
lenses, Carl Zeiss AG (Touit lenses), Samyang Optics, Handevision, SLR Magic, Viltrox and Zhongyi Optics. Additionally, a host of adapters for a range
2015 Wuhan Open (433 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
tournament was the 2nd edition of the Wuhan Open. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China. Rankings are as of September
List of photographic equipment makers (2,131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Yi Optics Nikon Noblex Olympus Panasonic Panon (see Widelux) Pentax Phase One Plaubel Polaroid Profoto Ricoh Rodenstock Ross Samsung Samyang Optics (Samyang
Argus laser (746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
can easily exceed the optical damage threshold of laser glass and other optics, severely damaging them by creating pits, cracks and grey tracks through
List of Institution of Engineering and Technology academic journals (455 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
IEE Journal on Electronic Circuits and Systems IEE Journal on Microwaves, Optics and Acoustics IEE Journal on Solid-State and Electron Devices IEE Proceedings
Fiberscope (878 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
human body. Guiding of light by refraction, the principle that makes fiber optics possible, was first demonstrated by Daniel Colladon and Jacques Babinet
Cartosat-1 (769 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Cartosat-1 (formerly IRS-P5) is a stereoscopic Earth observation satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit, and the first one of the Cartosat series of satellites
Intensity (360 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Look up intensity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Intensity may refer to: Strength (disambiguation) Amplitude Level (disambiguation) Magnitude (disambiguation)
Fiberscope (878 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
human body. Guiding of light by refraction, the principle that makes fiber optics possible, was first demonstrated by Daniel Colladon and Jacques Babinet
Intensity (360 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Look up intensity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Intensity may refer to: Strength (disambiguation) Amplitude Level (disambiguation) Magnitude (disambiguation)
Cartosat-1 (769 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Cartosat-1 (formerly IRS-P5) is a stereoscopic Earth observation satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit, and the first one of the Cartosat series of satellites
MGM-157 EFOGM (169 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
developed for the U.S. Army during the 1980s and 1990s to test the use of fiber optics in missiles. The missile was launched vertically and manually controlled
Pentaprism (508 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A pentaprism is a five-sided reflecting prism used to deviate a beam of light by a constant 90°, even if the entry beam is not at 90° to the prism. The
Kerr effect (2,129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Nonlinear refraction measurements of materials using the moiré deflectometry"". Optics Communications. 357: 200–201. Bibcode:2015OptCo.357..200R. doi:10.1016/j
PerkinElmer (3,322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
corporation that was founded in 1937 and originally focused on precision optics. Over the years it went into and out of several different businesses via
PLATO (spacecraft) (1,406 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is a space telescope under development by the European Space Agency for launch in 2026. The mission
Photonic integrated circuit (2,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Derstine, M. (1987). "Architectural issues in designing symbolic processors in optics". Proceedings of the 14th annual international symposium on Computer architecture
Thallium (5,772 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
infrared optical materials, because they are harder than other common infrared optics, and because they have transmission at significantly longer wavelengths
Cooke Optics (791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Cooke Optics Ltd. is a camera lens manufacturing company based in Leicester. The foundation of Cooke Optics is coincident with Taylor, Taylor and Hobson
Thin-film interference (3,014 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
interference spectroscopy Thin-film optics Transfer-matrix method (optics) Stavenga, D. G. (2014). "Thin Film and Multilayer Optics Cause Structural Colors of
Fresnel lens (6,475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
may be used as components of Köhler illumination optics resulting in very effective nonimaging optics Fresnel-Köhler (FK) solar concentrators. Linear A
HAT-P-6 (736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
brighter than the Sun. A search for a binary companion star using adaptive optics at the MMT Observatory turned out negative. The name Sterrennacht (Starry
Time reversibility (1,039 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A mathematical or physical process is time-reversible if the dynamics of the process remain well-defined when the sequence of time-states is reversed.
IPSC Danish Handgun Championship (263 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Production, Standard og Production Optics 2018". Retrieved February 26, 2020. "DM IPSC, Revolver, Classic, Production Optics Light, Standard 2019". Retrieved
PL-5 (400 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Sidewinder. The PL-5 was designed and developed at China's Luoyang Electro-Optics Technology Development Centre (EOTDC), also known as Institute 612; its
Optical depth (1,474 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
In physics, optical depth or optical thickness is the natural logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a material. Thus
Anurag Sharma (physicist) (1,922 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
books viz. Guided Wave Optics: Selected Topics, Understanding Fiber Optics on a PC, International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics: Selected
Astronomical seeing (3,864 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
many large scientific ground-based optical telescopes include adaptive optics to overcome seeing. The strength of seeing is often characterized by the
Nature Photonics (134 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Nature Photonics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Nature Publishing Group. The editor-in-chief is Oliver Graydon. The journal covers
Night-vision device (7,802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
image intensifier tubes (350-1100 nm) Optics 1 AN/PAS-34 E-COSI (Enhanced Clip-On SWIR Imager) (900-1700 nm) Optics 1 COSMO (Clip-On SWIR Monocular) Examples
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Neurophotonics Optica Optical Engineering Optics Communications Optics Express Optics Letters Progress in Optics Computational Materials Science Computer
Avionics (2,850 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Avionics (a blend of aviation and electronics) are the electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, navigation, the display
Optics Valley Square station (134 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Optics Valley Square Station (Chinese: 光谷广场站) is a station of Line 2 of the Wuhan Metro. It served as the southeastern terminus of the line until February
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constellation Auriga. A search for a binary companion star using adaptive optics at the MMT Observatory was negative. The star HAT-P-9 is named Tevel. The
Calculus of variations (8,755 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
equation. This formalism is used in the context of Lagrangian optics and Hamiltonian optics. There is a discontinuity of the refractive index when light
Light scattering by particles (888 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to water droplets and halos due to ice crystals. There are atmospheric optics ray-tracing codes available. Codes for electromagnetic scattering by spheres
Laboratory for Laser Energetics (1,177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
building with the Center for Optoelectronics and Imaging and the Center for Optics Manufacturing. The Robert L. Sproull Center for Ultra High Intensity Laser
Giant Magellan Telescope (3,709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
have three modes of adaptive optics. Ground Layer Adaptive Optics (GLAO): The Gregorian design and integrated adaptive optics system allow ground layer atmospheric
Phase curve (astronomy) (2,830 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
In astronomy, a phase curve describes the brightness of a reflecting body as a function of its phase angle (the arc subtended by the observer and the Sun
Boson sampling (6,965 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
says that linear optics with adaptive measurements is universal for the class BQP. It also relies on the following facts: Linear optics with postselected
Aerial perspective (913 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Vinci to portray what was observed in nature and evident in his interest in optics. The technique allows a painter to capture the effect that atmosphere has
Local outlier factor (1,519 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
with respect to its neighbours. LOF shares some concepts with DBSCAN and OPTICS such as the concepts of "core distance" and "reachability distance", which
Journal of Physics B (242 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Proceedings of the Physical Society. In 2006, the Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics was merged with the Journal of Physics B. The editor-in-chief
Iowa Communications Network (1,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Iowa Communications Network (ICN) is a state-administered fiber optics network designed to provide equal access to citizens including Iowans with modern
Anurag Sharma (physicist) (1,922 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
books viz. Guided Wave Optics: Selected Topics, Understanding Fiber Optics on a PC, International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics: Selected
Electron optics (1,272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Electron optics is a mathematical framework for the calculation of electron trajectories in the presence of electromagnetic fields. The term optics is used
Headlamp (16,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
primarily used in projector-type optics. "R" lamps – D1R, D2R, D3R, and D4R – are designed for use in reflector-type headlamp optics. They have an opaque mask
Deconvolution (1,960 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
similar results. The technique is closely related to linear prediction. In optics and imaging, the term "deconvolution" is specifically used to refer to the
Fiber-optic display (168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A fiber-optic display is a light-emitting display that uses fiber optics to display images or text. Fiber-optic displays can either be static or dynamic
Optics Valley Square station (134 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Optics Valley Square Station (Chinese: 光谷广场站) is a station of Line 2 of the Wuhan Metro. It served as the southeastern terminus of the line until February
Laboratory for Laser Energetics (1,177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
building with the Center for Optoelectronics and Imaging and the Center for Optics Manufacturing. The Robert L. Sproull Center for Ultra High Intensity Laser
Eikonal equation (3,581 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
problems of wave propagation. The classical eikonal equation in geometric optics is a differential equation of the form where x{\displaystyle x} lies in
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to water droplets and halos due to ice crystals. There are atmospheric optics ray-tracing codes available. Codes for electromagnetic scattering by spheres
2018 Wuhan Open (246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Premier 5 tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China. Rankings are as of September
Large Latin American Millimeter Array (1,508 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Large Latin American Millimeter Array (LLAMA) is a single-dish 12 m Nasmyth optics antenna which is under construction in the Puna de Atacama desert in the
Raymond Wilson (physicist) (470 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
2018) was an English physicist and telescope optics designer, best known for pioneering the use of active optics in large telescopes. Wilson's first degree
T. K. Alex (421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Indian satellites. Under his leadership the Laboratory for Electro Optics Systems (LEOS) was established in 1993 and from the inception he was its
Sfumato (440 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was the most prominent practitioner of sfumato, based on his research in optics and human vision, and his experimentation with the camera obscura. He introduced
Hanwha Vision (1,001 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
helicopters. It acquired Rollei, a German camera manufacturer, and Union Optics of Japan, a manufacturer of semiconductor equipment. In 1996 it developed
Gérard Mourou (1,350 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Electronics Award 2005 – Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics 2009 – Charles Hard Townes Award by the OSA 2016 – Frederic Ives Medal 2016
G13 carbine (221 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Georgian Armed Forces. The G13 was to come with modified attachment kits and optics as standard issue. According to DELTA, the G13's design is primarily based
Grey (3,733 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Look up grey or gray in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Grey (more common in Commonwealth English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate
Xiaowei Zhuang (1,592 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Xiaowei Zhuang (simplified Chinese: 庄小威; traditional Chinese: 莊小威; pinyin: Zhuāng Xiǎowēi; born January 1972) is a Chinese-American biophysicist who is
John Marburger (2,435 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in 1966, specializing in the theoretical physics of nonlinear optics and quantum optics, and co-founded the Center for Laser Studies at that institution
Neptune (13,518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Hubble Space Telescope and large ground-based telescopes with adaptive optics has allowed for additional detailed observations from afar. Like the gas
CD-ROM (3,949 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
A CD-ROM (/ˌsiːdiːˈrɒm/, compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data