advertisement

Directory Banner
Photonics Dictionary
There are 549 terms that begin with 'P'
Currently displaying records 1 thru 40. You are in set 1 of 14

  next set —> or select a set:
 
 
1
The finite amount of electrical charge generated in...
2
The transmission of data in groups (packets) of...
3
1. In a photonic interconnect, the number of detectors in a...
4
The ratio of the active core area of a fiber bundle to the...
5
The production of a positron-electron pair by a photon...
6
In interlaced television scanning, an effect in which the...
7
Black and white film that has a wavelength sensitivity...
8
Color sensitivity extended to cover the entire visible...
9
A camera designed to form a continuous record of an...
10
The image distortion produced by a panoramic camera with a...
11
A lens system that is capable of producing a 360°...
12
A telescope so manufactured that the image remains erect...
13
See paraboloidal...
14
The condition in which the index of refraction in an...
15
A condenser composed of a paraboloidal reflector and used...
16
A concave mirror that has the form of a paraboloid of...
17
See paraboloidal...
18
A saturated compound of carbon and hydrogen used as a...
19
The angular difference in the direction of an object as...
20
The optical phenomenon that causes relative motion between...
21
See stereo...
22
See collimated...
23
In imaging, the processing of pixel data in such a way that...
24
In imaging systems, a line of detectors the full length of...
25
A mode of data transmission whereby bits of information are...
26
A device that converts data transmitted in the parallel...
27
In a camera or cathode-ray tube, distortion that is...
28
A pair of waveguides with axes normal to the plane and that...
29
Means of amplifying optical waves whereby an intense...
30
A device using a parametric amplifier inside a resonant...
31
Oscillation in rod and disc amplifiers that critically...
32
Characteristic of optical analyses that are limited to...
33
Focus derived from paraxial...
34
A ray that behaves according to paraxial equations; one...
35
Description of an optical system in which all the elements...
36
Having coincident focal...
37
One eyepiece of a set having equal distances from their...
38
Lenses that have identical flange focal distances and can...
39
In data transmission, a self-checking code using a separate...
40
Totally coherent radiation is produced by a purely...
Currently displaying records 1 thru 40. You are in set 1 of 14

  next set —> or select a set:
 
 
Click to view listings of terms
ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Term of the moment...
axis - A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body and indicating its center; a line so positioned that various portions of an object are located symmetrically in relation to the line.

See also optical axis.

advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Directory Footer
Laurin Publishing provides comprehensive worldwide coverage of the
photonics industry: optics, lasers, imaging, fiber optics,
electro-optics, and photonic component manufacturing.

© 1996-2009 Laurin Publishing. All rights reserved.

Photonics.Com is Registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions of Use
Reproduction in whole or in part without
permission is prohibited.
webmaster@laurin.com