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doping
In the context of materials science and semiconductor physics, doping refers to the intentional introduction of impurities into a semiconductor material in order to alter its electrical properties....
Doppler broadening
The spreading of potentially equal radiation frequencies that results in broadening of the spectral line. This effect is brought about when radiating atoms, molecules or nuclei have different...
dot matrix display
A display format consisting of small light-emitting elements arranged as a two-dimensional array. Various elements are energized to depict a character. The typical matrix is 5 x 7 dots.
double refraction
The separation of unpolarized light into two plane-polarized elements by a doubly refracting crystal. When a crystal, such as calcite, is placed between the eye and a pinhole in a card, two bright...
double-concave lens
A diverging lens with both surfaces concave.
double-convex lens
A converging lens with both surfaces convex.
double-crucible method
A method of fabricating an optical waveguide by melting the core and clad glasses in two suitably joined concentric crucibles and then drawing a fiber from the combined melted glass.
double-Gauss lens
A fast, wide-angle lens used in television and photographic cameras, with excellent overall correction, but subject to residual oblique spherical aberration.
Dove prism
A form of prism invented by H.W. Dove. It resembles half of a common right-angle prism in which a ray entering parallel to the hypotenuse face is reflected internally at that face and emerges...
DPT
digital piezoelectric translator
DR
digital radiography
DRO
direct readout; digital readout
DRS
digital radar simulator; data relay satellite
DRTL
diode resistor transistor logic
drum camera
A type of streak camera that uses film wrapped around a drum, which moves at a constant speed to record the changing shape of a short-lived event, such as a lightning flash.
dry objective
A microscope objective designed to be used without liquid between the cover glass and the objective, or, in the case of metallurgical objectives, between the objective and the specimen.
DSA
digital subtraction angiography
DSL
digital subscriber line
DSO
digital storage oscilloscope
DSP
digital signal processing
DT
digital tomography; distant terminal
ducting
Propagation of electromagnetic waves through the Earth's atmosphere in a path that conforms to the curvature of the Earth due to atmospheric thermal inversion. Regions of the atmosphere act as a...
duplet lens system
An optical system having two sets of components separated by an air space, while successive lenses in each set are cemented together.
dust counter
An instrument that uses a photoelectric system to determine the size and volume of dust particles in a given unit of air.
DVD
digital videodisc
DVDR
direct-view diagnostic region
DVI
digital video interaction
DWG
digital waveform generator
dynode
The auxiliary electrode in a photomultiplier that gives rise to secondary emission and amplification when bombarded by photoelectrons.
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