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antireflection coating
An antireflection coating (AR coating) is a thin film or coating applied to optical surfaces, such as lenses or windows, to...
CoaXPress
CoaXPress (CoaXPress or CXP) is a standardized digital interface and communication protocol used primarily in machine vision...
fiber distributed data interface
A standard for fiber optic data transmission systems being developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and...
surface electromagnetic waves
Waves that propagate along the interface between two different media without radiation with exponentially decaying...
flux refraction
An alteration in the direction of the magnetic induction at the interface between two media of different permeability.
CMOS camera
A CMOS camera refers to an imaging device that employs a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor to...
attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy
Attenuated total reflectance (ATR) spectroscopy is a technique used in analytical chemistry to obtain IR spectra of samples....
high-performance parallel interface
A very high bandwidth communication line often used in fiber optics.
rotating mirror scanner
Developed for use in military reconnaissance systems, it consists of a polygonal mirror, drive motor, interface between...
fiber optic transceiver
A fiber optic transceiver, often simply referred to as an "optical transceiver," is a device used in fiber optic...
C-mount
A standard lens interface initially made for 16mm movie cameras and now used primarily on closed-circuit television cameras....
Collaborative Robot
Collaborative Robot (Cobot): Unlike traditional autonomous robots, which usually work by themselves, a collaborative robot...
CCD camera
A CCD camera, or charge-coupled device camera, is a type of digital camera that utilizes a CCD image sensor to capture and...
slicing and cutting machines - for crystals, quartz, glass, etc.
A crystal, glass, or quartz slicing and cutting machine is a specialized piece of equipment used in the manufacturing...
light pen
A handheld, light-sensitive device that is used with a display console to directly change, measure or erase the visual...
parfocal eyepiece
One eyepiece of a set having equal distances from their mounting interface to their image plane, permitting freedom to...
open optical interface
An interface in an optical network that permits an optical signal to pass without changing the optical signal to an...
frustrated total reflection
Light leakage at a total reflecting interface when another highly refractive medium is brought close to it.
synchronous optical network
A standard for fiber optic telecommunications interfaces, with a 1300-nm data link operating over single-mode fiber at data...
motion controller
In optics, a motion controller refers to a device or system that precisely controls the movement of optical components, such...
machine vision system
A machine vision system is an integrated combination of hardware and software components designed to capture, process, and...
contact fluid
A liquid, usually of a specific refractive index and dispersion, serving as an interface between two solids to form a...
polariton
A polariton is a quasiparticle resulting from the strong coupling between photons (light particles) and certain types of...
MEMS fiber optic switch
A MEMS fiber optic switch is a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device designed to selectively route optical signals...
graphene
Graphene is a two-dimensional allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal...
lateral wave
Light generated along the interface when light is incident in the neighborhood of the total internal reflection angle.
surface wave
A wave that is guided by the interface between two different media or by a refractive index gradient in the medium. The...
integrated Dewar cooler assembly
An infrared detector mounted directly on the cold finger of the Dewar cooler rather than at the interface of Dewar and...
refracted ray
A light ray that has had its direction altered because of its traversing an air-to-glass interface at some angle. In an...
microbubble resonator
A microbubble resonator is a device used in photonics and optical physics for the precise manipulation of light waves. It...
beamsplitter
A beamsplitter is an optical device for dividing a beam into two or more separate beams. A simple beamsplitter may be a very...
Nicol prism
A prism invented by William Nicol in 1828 that is made of calcite, the end faces of which are ground to an angle of 68°...
network interface card
A network interface card (NIC), also known as a network adapter or LAN adapter, is a hardware component that allows...
machine vision lens
A machine vision lens is a specialized optical lens designed for use in machine vision systems, which are used for automated...
solar cell
A device for converting sunlight into electrical energy, consisting of a sandwich of P-type and N-type semiconducting...
bending of light
1. That action occurring when light passes through an optical interface at other than normal incidence, i.e., refraction. 2....
optical cements and adhesive
Optical cements and adhesives are specialized materials used in the assembly and bonding of optical components in optical...
reflective spectroscopy
Reflectance spectroscopy is a technique used to analyze the reflective properties of materials across various wavelengths of...
Fresnel reflection
Fresnel reflection refers to the reflection of light at the interface between two different media with different refractive...
metallic mesh filter
An interference filter in which a very thin metal foil with a periodic array of square holes (inductive mesh) or a thin...
thermal interface materials
Thermal interface materials (TIMs) are substances or compounds used to enhance the thermal conductivity between two surfaces...
plasmonics
Plasmonics is a field of science and technology that focuses on the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and free...
laser diode module
A laser diode module is a compact device that incorporates a laser diode, optics, and often other components into a single...
embedded vision
Embedded vision refers to the integration of computer vision technologies into various embedded systems, devices, or...
total internal reflection fluorescence
Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy is an advanced fluorescence microscopy technique that leverages the...
lock-in amplifier
A lock-in amplifier is a specialized electronic instrument used to extract and measure small signals embedded in noise or...
cementing surface
The surface of an element of a compound lens that will produce the cemented interface. The curves of this interface are...
electron multiplication charge-coupled device camera
An EMCCD (electron-multiplying charge-coupled device) camera is a type of scientific camera specifically designed for...
beam-addressable technology
The application of reversible writing with a laser beam on particular storage materials. In one method, an amorphous film is...
carrier injection
Carrier injection refers to the process of introducing charge carriers (either electrons or holes) into a semiconductor...
optics
Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter...
critical angle
The least angle of incidence at which total internal reflection takes place. The angle of incidence in a denser medium, at...

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