Also called complementary dominant wavelength. On a chromaticity diagram, the wavelength on the spectrum locus that lies on the same straight line as the achromatic point and the sample point for a nonspectral (purple) color.

A lens consisting of two or more elements, usually of crown and flint glass, that has been corrected for chromatic...

A plastic used in molded optical components. Styrene elements can be combined with acrylic elements to produce achromatic...

1. The decrease of the absorption (or gain) coefficient of a medium near some transition frequency when the power of the...

Use of achromatic design; the correction of chromatic aberration; without color or hue (grey, black and white)

Laser optics refers to a broad category of optical components and systems designed for manipulating and controlling laser...

On the CIE chromaticity diagram, the distance from the achromatic point to the sample point, divided by the distance from...

A thin layer of a substance deposited on an insulating base in a vacuum by a microelectronic process. Thin films are most...

An objective that uses the mineral fluorite in its construction to reduce the secondary spectrum. It is usually intermediate...

An achromat, in the context of optics, refers to a type of lens or lens system designed to reduce chromatic aberration....

Color correcting; chromatic aberration corrected.

Light perceived as achromatic, that is, without hue.

Location on the CIE chromaticity diagram which produces the color white for a given light source at a specified temperature.

The perceptual term for that aspect of color described by words such as red, yellow or blue. Achromatic colors, such as...

A technique used to create an achromatic phase shift based on the principle of geometric phase. The phase shift is...

Colors that produce an achromatic color when additively mixed.

Cemented prisms of differing refractive indices which refract incident light and, due to differing refractive indices, will...

An airspaced achromatic doublet telescope objective.

Chromatic aberration is an optical phenomenon that occurs when different wavelengths (colors) of light are refracted by a...