Photonics Dictionary: B

The photographic recording of gas bubbles produced when particles traverse liquid hydrogen in a bubble chamber.

A wide-field camera based on the classic Schmidt optical system used to photograph Earth-orbiting satellites.

In aerial photography, the ratio derived from a stereoscopic pair of photographs that represents the air-base length divided by the flight altitude.

A chemical used in the developing of positive photographs that incites oxidation and thereby dissolves the negative silver to vary tone, color and intensity.

A blur circle refers to the out-of-focus region in an image captured by an optical system. When an object in a scene is not in perfect focus, its image is spread out into a circular shape on the...

A bolometer that serves to record. The photographic record formed by the bolometer may be called bolograph or bologram.

In photography, the technique of taking multiple pictures of the same subject at different exposures to compensate for exposure miscalculations. Automatic bracketing is a feature on some cameras.

A large tank filled with liquid hydrogen, with a flat window at one end and complex optical devices for observing and photographing the rows of fine bubbles formed when a high-energy particle...

Specially designed optics for the observation and photographing of hydrogen in a bubble chamber.