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crystal
A solid with a structure that exhibits a basically symmetrical and geometrical arrangement. A crystal may already possess...
optical glass
Optical glass refers to a type of glass specifically engineered and manufactured for use in optical components and systems,...
optical combiner
An optical combiner, in the context of optics and display technologies, refers to a device or component that combines...
divided circle spectrometer
A spectroscope having a divided circle and a means for the rapid reversal of prisms for the measurement of refractive index...
MEMS fiber optic switch
A MEMS fiber optic switch is a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device designed to selectively route optical signals...
custom optic
A custom optic refers to an optical component that is designed, manufactured, and tailored to meet specific requirements or...
optical system
A group of lenses, or any combination of lenses, mirrors and prisms, so constructed as to refract or reflect light to...
optical design and engineering services
Optical design and engineering services involve the development, customization, and optimization of optical systems and...
barium fluoride
A relatively hard crystal, highly resistant to excessive energy radiation, that is frequently used for optical windows,...
Greenough microscope
A form of a stereoscopic microscope having paired objectives, prisms and eyepieces, and invented by H. Greenough.
Brace-Lemon spectrophotometer
A spectrophotometer having a pair of identical collimators with two Glan polarizing prisms, one fixed in azimuth and the...
Glan-Foucault prism
A type of birefringent polarizing prism that transmits the extraordinary ray and removes the ordinary ray through total...
optical design software
Optical design software refers to specialized computer programs used by optical engineers, physicists, and designers to...
optical manufacturing tools and machinery
Optical manufacturing tools and machinery encompass a wide range of equipment, instruments, and systems used in the...
thollon prism system
Two 30° prisms that are used to produce constant deviation when rotated by equal and opposite angles.
magnetorheological finishing
Magnetorheological finishing (MRF) is a precision optics polishing technique used for shaping and finishing optical surfaces...
periscope
An optical instrument designed to displace the line of sight in a vertical direction. For submarines and other military uses...
linear optics
Linear optics refers to the study and manipulation of light in a linear and deterministic manner, where the response of...
retroreflector
A retroreflector is an optical device or structure that reflects incident light or electromagnetic waves back to their...
optics
Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter...
differential interference contrast microscopy
Differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy, also known as Nomarski interference contrast microscopy, is an optical...
infrared optic
Infrared optics refer to optical components and systems designed to manipulate and control infrared (IR) light, which lies...
Wollaston prism
A polarizing prism consisting of two calcite prisms cemented such that they deviate the two emerging beams (which are...
coincidence prism
A compound prism consisting of an assembly of small prisms cemented together that is used in a coincidence rangefinder to...
Kerr cell
A cell filled with a transparent material that, when placed in a strong electrical field, exhibits double refraction. Since...
crossed prisms
The positioning of two Nicol prisms so that their axes are at right angles to each other. With this arrangement, light...
dispersing prism
A prism or series of prisms used to disperse a beam of radiant energy of mixed wavelengths into its spectral components.
fused quartz and silica
Fused quartz and silica are closely related materials, both composed primarily of silicon dioxide (SiO2), but they are...
polarization photometer
A photometer having a pair of Nicol prisms introduced into the beam from the brighter of two sources to be compared. Turning...
light dispersion
The process whereby white light is separated into its component wavelengths. Light beams of different wavelengths are...
Cornu double prism
A compound prism formed by cementing together two 30° prisms, one of right-handed and one of left-handed quartz. It has...
diamond cutting tool
A tool made by imbedding small particles of diamond in the working edge. In the optical field, the most commonly used...
YAG crystal
A YAG crystal refers to a solid-state crystal made of yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG), which is a synthetic crystalline...
chirped-pulse amplification
Chirped pulse amplification (CPA) is a technique used in laser physics to amplify ultrashort laser pulses to high energies...
block
A supporting member used to hold optical parts during grinding and polishing. It also describes the assemblage of optical...
beam positioner
A device (e.g., prisms, lenses, tubes) used to align a beam in a system.
Brace prism
A compound prism composed of two 30° prisms, one of which is partially coated with a suitable opaque metal of high...
polarizing coating
A coating made up of particular birefringent materials having polarizing properties. It may be used, in some cases, to...
Risley prism
A Risley prism, also known as a Risley prism pair or Risley rotating prism, is an optical device used for controlling the...
retroreflection
Retroreflection is a phenomenon in optics where light is reflected back toward its source, typically in a direction nearly...
holographic optical element
A component used to modify light rays by diffraction; the HOE is produced by recording the interference pattern of two laser...
spectrograph
An optical instrument for forming the spectrum of a light source and recording it on a film. The dispersing medium may be a...
Porro prism
A 45-90-45° reflecting prism whose surfaces form the 90° angle reflecting the light beam through a total angle of 180°. The...
diamond turning
Diamond turning, also known as diamond machining or diamond cutting, is a precision machining process used to produce...
entrance slit
The entrance slit, also known simply as the slit, is an essential component in optical instruments such as spectrometers and...
optical coatings
Optical coatings are thin layers of materials applied to optical components, such as lenses, mirrors, filters, and prisms,...
optical cements and adhesive
Optical cements and adhesives are specialized materials used in the assembly and bonding of optical components in optical...
diffuser
An optical diffuser is an optical component or material designed to scatter or diffuse light that passes through it. It is...
direct-vision prism
An assembly of multiple prisms that disperses incident light into its spectral components without deviating light at the...
Pellin-Broca prism
A form of dispersing prism, often used in monochromators, that consists of a common right-angle prism with a 30°...
spectral flow cytometry
Spectral flow cytometry is an advanced flow cytometry technique that expands the capabilities of traditional flow cytometry...
adhesive
An intermolecular substance that serves to hold materials together. Two types are used in the optical industry: one, which...
rhomboid prism
A reflecting prism that is rhomboidal in shape. It has two parallel transmitting faces, and two parallel reflecting faces;...
beam shaper
A beam shaper is an optical device or system designed to modify the spatial profile or intensity distribution of a laser or...
laser optics
Laser optics refers to a broad category of optical components and systems designed for manipulating and controlling laser...
germanium crystal
Germanium crystal refers to a crystalline form of the element germanium (Ge), which is a metalloid and semiconductor...
erecting system
Lenses or prisms that serve to erect the image; i.e., to bring the image upright after it has been inverted by the objective.
Lummer-Brodhun cube
A photometric instrument having two prisms clamped in optical contact to produce a photometric field with an acute dividing...
beamsplitter
A beamsplitter is an optical device for dividing a beam into two or more separate beams. A simple beamsplitter may be a very...
calcite
A doubly refracting mineral used to produce polarizing prisms. It is uniaxial negative and in the trigonal division of the...
Porro prism erecting system
The arrangement of two Porro prisms so that the inverted image formed by certain types of optical instruments is the same as...
prism
A prism is a geometric optical element with flat, polished surfaces that refract light. It is typically a solid, transparent...
prismatic
Describing a prism, or the effects produced by prisms.
plastic optics
Plastic optics refers to optical components or systems that are made from transparent plastic materials, as opposed to...
ellipsometer
A spectrometer equipped with polarizing prisms and retardation plates that is used in the analysis of elliptically polarized...
optical head
In compact disc and CD-ROM technology, the portion of the drive that projects the laser light onto the surface of the media...
colliding pulse modelocked ring laser
A ring dye laser that uses prisms and a saturable absorber within the laser cavity to shape and shorten the pulses...
optical assembly
An optical assembly refers to a collection of optical components that are carefully arranged and aligned to perform a...
landolt band
A dark band that may appear in the field of crossed Nicol prisms with a powerful source such as the sun because the light is...
test cube
A device used to detect elevation, pyramid and resolution errors in prisms and other components by bringing them into...
polarizing filter
A filter that polarizes light passing through it. It is possible to fabricate sheets of plastic or gelatin that contain...
achromatic prism
Cemented prisms of differing refractive indices which refract incident light and, due to differing refractive indices, will...

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