Glossary
- acousto-optics Discipline within optical physics that addresses sound vibration, phonon effects and their influencing behavior within optical elements and systems.
- glass A noncrystalline, inorganic mixture of various metallic oxides fused by heating with glassifiers such as silica, or boric or phosphoric oxides. Common window or bottle glass is a mixture of soda, lime and sand, melted and cast, rolled or blown to...
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