The mounting of a concave diffraction grating and a plate holder at the ends of a rigid bar. The ends follow separate straight tracks that intersect perpendicular to each other. The slit is located at this intersection.

A system used for gratings that consists of a concave mirror, a grating and a plate holder mounted normal to the grating to...

A gyroscope is a mechanical device consisting of a spinning disk or wheel mounted on a spinning axis in such a way that its...

A mounting used for large concave gratings, whereby the slit, grating and plate holder lie in the Rowland circle, and the...

An adhesive used to hold optical components in their mounts. It may be a thermoplastic or chemical-hardening substance.

An optical table, also known as an optical bench or an optical breadboard, is a specialized platform used in optics...

An optical assembly refers to a collection of optical components that are carefully arranged and aligned to perform a...

One eyepiece of a set having equal distances from their mounting interface to their image plane, permitting freedom to...

A system of modular mechanical components for building precision optical systems. The basic equipment includes a variety of...

The fluorographic method whereby the visible image (as opposed to the x-ray image) is photographed by mounting a camera in...

A type of modulation spectroscopy that measures spectral reflectance or transmittance changes induced by applying a...

Photoelastic equipment and supplies refer to instruments and materials used in photoelasticity, a technique used to analyze...

A support device in which a column or chamber of air permits the free travel of a mobile part. In optical mounting and...

1. Mounting a lens or mirror so that its optical axis is coincident with the optical or mechanical axes of other portions of...

A linear positioning stage, also known as a linear stage or translation stage, is a precision mechanical device used to...

A laser diode module is a compact device that incorporates a laser diode, optics, and often other components into a single...

A lens mounting with eccentric rings that may be rotated to shift the axis of the lens to a prescribed position.

An optical mounting device that permits adjustment around two perpendicular and intersecting axes of rotation.

A mirror mount is a mechanical device used to secure and precisely position mirrors in optical systems. Mirrors are...

A lens that has a mount, usually bayonet or screw type in design, that can be used on a camera in place of lenses with the...

A device used for slicing very thin specimens in preparation for mounting on a microscope slide.