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linear image sensor
A linear image sensor is a type of solid-state electronic device used to capture and convert light into electrical signals....
photoswitch
A solid-state device that acts as a high-speed power switch, and that is activated by incident radiation.
line scan
Line scan refers to a method of capturing images or data by scanning a single line at a time, as opposed to capturing the...
fiber optic transceiver
A fiber optic transceiver, often simply referred to as an "optical transceiver," is a device used in fiber optic...
APD detector
An APD detector, or avalanche photodiode detector, is a type of photodetector used to detect light or optical signals by...
MEMS fiber optic switch
A MEMS fiber optic switch is a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device designed to selectively route optical signals...
optical switching
Optical switching refers to the process of controlling the routing or transmission of optical signals within a network using...
directed energy
Directed energy refers to a type of energy that is emitted and transferred in a controlled direction. The term is often...
image converter high-speed camera
A camera that uses an image converter tube in such a way that voltage waveforms applied to internal electrodes cause the...
image intensifier
An image intensifier, also known as an image intensification tube or image intensification device, is a specialized...
Petzval lens
A high-speed, narrow-field lens consisting of two achromats spaced about the aperture stop. Its uses include portrait...
photonic integrated circuit
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is a compact and integrated device that incorporates multiple photonic components and...
inertial fusion energy
Inertial fusion energy (IFE) refers to a proposed method of generating electricity by harnessing the energy released from...
Kerr soliton
A Kerr soliton refers to a specific type of soliton, a self-reinforcing wave packet, that arises in nonlinear optical...
beta radiation
The high-speed electrons and positrons emitted by radioactive materials.
silicon photodiode
A silicon photodiode is a semiconductor device that converts light into an electrical current. It is a type of photodetector...
high-speed shutter
A shutter actuated by means other than mechanical springs for timings on the order of nanoseconds. The shutter is used in...
MSM photodiode
A metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodiode is a type of photodetector that consists of metal electrodes on a semiconductor...
line-scan camera
A line-scan camera, also known as a line-scan image sensor or linear array camera, is a type of digital camera designed to...
cascade tube
An instrument consisting of a high-voltage vacuum tube used to form hard x-rays or high-speed ion beams. By partitioning the...
direct laser interference patterning
Also called DLIP, a high-speed, high-resolution processing technique that uses high-power, pulsed laser systems to directly...
high-speed still camera
A still camera with a shutter capable of opening for a time as short as a fraction of a microsecond. An electronically...
electro-optic modulator
An electro-optic modulator (EOM) is a device used to modulate the amplitude, phase, or polarization of light waves using an...
donpisha
A type of asynchronous shutter device that is used particularly in CCD sensor applications to capture an image of a...
optical fiber optic switches
Optical fiber optic switches are devices used in optical fiber communication systems to selectively route optical signals...
scientific complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
Scientific complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (sCMOS) refers to a type of image sensor technology specifically designed...
GigE
GigE, short for gigabit Ethernet, refers to a standard for high-speed Ethernet communication, capable of transmitting data...
free-space optics
Free-space optics (FSO), also known as optical wireless communication or optical wireless networking, refers to the...
coronal holes
Solar regions characterized by low density and open magnetic fields where high-speed solar wind streams originate....
Camera Link HS
Camera Link HS (high speed) is a standard developed for high-speed digital data transmission in machine vision and...
optics
Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter...
frame camera
A high-speed cine camera that produces discrete frames of a continuous event as opposed to the flow photographic record of a...
optoelectronics
Optoelectronics is a branch of electronics that focuses on the study and application of devices and systems that use light...
event-based sensor
An event-based image sensor, also known as a dynamic vision sensor (DVS), is a type of digital imaging device designed to...
electron multiplication charge-coupled device camera
An EMCCD (electron-multiplying charge-coupled device) camera is a type of scientific camera specifically designed for...
Raman fiber probe
A flexible fiber cable with a small diameter that transports light from the excitation laser to the target. Used in Raman...
high-speed holography
The holographic recording of sequences of high-speed phenomena. With a multiple beam laser, multiple holograms that depict...
beta fluorography
The use of a short-duration electron beam to record high-speed events that occur in microscopic objects made of materials...
graphene
Graphene is a two-dimensional allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal...
scintillation spectrometry
The method of determining the energy distribution of high-speed charged particles by the luminous effect formed when the...
electrolytic shutter
A high-speed shutter, similar to a Kerr cell, that uses the birefringence produced in a liquid during the passage of an...
CoaXPress
CoaXPress (CoaXPress or CXP) is a standardized digital interface and communication protocol used primarily in machine vision...
high-speed movie camera
A camera designed to record at rates exceeding 50 fps. For frame rates up to about 500 fps, an ordinary pull-down mechanism...
high-speed photography
Photography involving the recording of events that occur too fast to be perceived by the human eye or recorded by...
ultrahigh-speed photography
Photographic recording of rapid events at a rate exceeding 106 frames per second.
cinesextant
An optical instrument used to track and image a test vehicle (target) throughout its flight. The cinesextant frequently...
detector array
A detector array refers to a collection of individual detector elements arranged in a two-dimensional grid or matrix format....
scientific CMOS camera
A scientific CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) camera is a type of digital camera specifically designed for...
magneto-optic shutter
A type of high-speed photographic shutter that uses Faraday rotation to produce exposure times as fast as 1 microsecond. It...
indium phosphide
Indium phosphide (InP) is a compound semiconductor material composed of indium (In) and phosphorus (P). It belongs to the...
high-speed motion camera
A high-speed motion camera, also known as a high-speed camera or slow-motion camera, is a specialized imaging device...
fiber optic cable assembly
A fiber optic cable assembly refers to a complete unit consisting of optical fibers, connectors, protective jackets, and...
remote laser welding
A robotic process commonly employed by automakers that enables high-speed and flexible production throughput by using...
galvanometric scanner
A galvanometric scanner, also known as a galvanometer scanner or galvo scanner, is a type of optical scanning device used to...
femtosecond laser
A femtosecond laser is a type of laser that emits ultrashort pulses of light with durations on the order of femtoseconds,...
intensified charge-coupled device camera
An intensified charge-coupled device (ICCD) camera is an advanced imaging device that combines the capabilities of both an...
multiple-beam laser
A laser having a Q-switching method that allows separate parallel volumes of the lasing material to act independently of...
storage area network
A high-speed network or subnetwork that provides a connection between servers and data storage devices.
III-V material
In semiconductor physics and materials science, the term "III-V materials" refers to compounds composed of elements from...
machine vision system
A machine vision system is an integrated combination of hardware and software components designed to capture, process, and...
optical delay camera
A type of high-speed cine camera that uses different image paths and a Kerr cell to produce a series of successive images at...
streak camera
A high-speed cine camera used to record, on a continuously moving film, very brief events such as a flash of light. The...
high-speed radiography
A method of producing x-ray exposures as short as 0.03 µs; the primary application is in ballistic radiography.
hydrogenated amorphous silicon
A photoreceptor material used in solar cells and in drums for laser printers and high-speed copiers because of its high...

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