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thermography
Thermography is a technique that involves the use of an infrared imaging device, called a thermal camera or infrared camera,...
Fresnel mirrors
Two plane mirrors that are not wholly located in the same plane. When light from a point source or slit reflects from the...
flux rise time
Time elapsed during the radiant output change from 10 to 90 percent of maximum in a light-emitting diode or laser. Usually...
stereoplotting
The imaging of two photographs of a stereo pair, in complementary colors, for the preparation of contour maps.
time-to-amplitude converter
A time-to-amplitude converter (TAC) is an electronic circuit that converts a time interval between two events into an...
Newton's rings
The series of rings or bands formed when light beams reflected from two polished, adjacent surfaces, placed together with a...
InGaAs photodiode
An InGaAs photodiode refers to a photodetector device that is constructed using a semiconductor material composed of a...
thermal interface materials
Thermal interface materials (TIMs) are substances or compounds used to enhance the thermal conductivity between two surfaces...
electrophoretic display
An electrophoretic display, often referred to as an electronic paper display or e-paper display, is a type of electronic...
lap
A metal tool used to grind lenses with loose abrasive (see diamond cutting tool). The functional surface of the lap is...
bandgap
In semiconductor physics, the term bandgap refers to the energy range in a material where no electronic states are allowed....
area scan
Area scan, in the context of imaging and cameras, refers to a method of capturing an entire two-dimensional image in a...
Josephson effect
Characteristic of radiation detectors that produce energy that is similar to the energy of superconductive gaps when...
qubit
A qubit, short for quantum bit, is the fundamental unit of information in quantum computing and quantum information...
positioning
Positioning generally refers to the determination or identification of the location or placement of an object, person, or...
rise time
Measurement of the time elapsed during the current output change from 10 to 90 percent in a photoconductor.
thematic mapper
An instrument used to record infrared images of large areas. The recorded data are used to produce maps in false color...
photogrammetric equipment
The special cameras, film and other means for forming maps by aerial photography.
stop-motion camera
A motion-picture camera that can be advanced one frame at a time, either randomly or at set intervals. Used in animation and...
drawing tower
A system for fabricating optical fiber, consisting of a furnace that heats the materials, a polymer coating stage, a...
computer graphics metafile
A snapshot representation of the final image created by a computer program.
aerocartography
The creation of topographical maps and charts from a stereographic record produced through the overlapping of consecutive...
arc light source
In present usage, especially for spectroscopic identification, an arc between electrodes that serves as a radiation source....
time-lapse camera
A cine camera that exposes a series of individual frames to record the changes in a subject that slowly alters with time....
bellows
In optics, a collapsible structure situated between the lens and film of a camera to allow variation of the distance between...
time-lapse optical coherence tomography
Time-lapse optical coherence tomography (OCT) refers to a medical imaging technique that captures a series of sequential OCT...
neuromorphic
Neuromorphic refers to the design and development of computing systems or devices that are inspired by the structure and...
frame rate
Frame rate refers to the frequency at which consecutive images, or frames, are displayed in a video sequence. It is...
wide-angle lens
A wide-angle lens is a type of camera lens that has a shorter focal length than a standard or normal lens, allowing it to...
bit boundary block transfer
A data transfer function that moves a rectangular group of pixels between bit maps. Often used in displaying cursors and...
liquid marble
Liquid marble refers to a unique form of microscale liquid encapsulation, where small droplets of liquid are coated with a...
stress-applying part
In polarization-preserving optical fibers, the element used to induce birefringence. The SAP is highly doped to provide a...
particle image velocimetry
A whole-flow-field technique providing instantaneous velocity vector measurements in a cross-section of a flow that is...
hydrogel
A hydrogel is a three-dimensional network of polymer chains that are hydrophilic, meaning they have a strong affinity for...
photonic crystals
Photonic crystals are artificial structures or materials designed to manipulate and control the flow of light in a manner...
lateral effects detector
A set of photodiodes with no gaps between them that can sense the displacement of a spot of light anywhere on the sensing...
photobleaching
Photobleaching is a phenomenon in which the fluorescence of a fluorophore (a fluorescent molecule or dye) is permanently...
point cloud
A point cloud is a set of data points in a three-dimensional coordinate system, where each point represents a specific...
volumetric imaging
Volumetric imaging refers to the capture, visualization, and analysis of three-dimensional (3D) information from a volume of...
chip-on-board lights
Chip-on-board (COB) lights refer to a type of LED lighting technology where multiple LED chips are directly mounted onto a...
aerial mapping
The use of photographs taken from the air to construct graphic maps and charts of ground surfaces.
nanophotonics
Nanophotonics is a branch of science and technology that explores the behavior of light on the nanometer scale, typically at...

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