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optical materials Dictionary Terms

impurity level
In the context of optical materials, the term "impurity level" refers to the presence of foreign atoms or molecules within...
microcomb
A microcomb, short for microresonator frequency comb, is a novel photonic device that generates a precise series of evenly...
lens blank
A lens blank is a piece of optical material in a raw, unfinished state, typically in the form of a disk or block, from which...
diamond turning
Diamond turning, also known as diamond machining or diamond cutting, is a precision machining process used to produce...
radiation trapping
That process by which radiation spontaneously emitted by a volume of optical materials is resonantly reabsorbed within the...
linear plastic
A term for thermoplastic optical materials; that is, those in which the polymer chains remain linear after heating and...
nonlinear optical materials
Nonlinear optical materials are substances that exhibit optical properties that are not linearly proportional to the...
nonlinear optics
Nonlinear optics is a branch of optics that studies the optical phenomena that occur when intense light interacts with a...
optical materials
Optical materials refer to substances or compounds specifically chosen for their optical properties and used in the...
optical gate
An optical gate typically refers to a device or system that controls the transmission of light, allowing it to pass through...
optical phase distortion
Optical phase distortion refers to a phenomenon where the phase of an optical wavefront is altered as it propagates through...
optical ceramics
Transparent glassy and or crystalline structured materials engineered from inorganic, non-metallic materials via various...
optics
Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter...
magneto-optics
Magneto-optics refers to the study and manipulation of the interaction between magnetic fields and light (electromagnetic...
Murty interferometer
A form of shearing interferometer that contains a simple wedged (plane-parallel) glass plate with a nonzero optical path...
slurry
The name of the mixture of liquid and grinding or polishing compounds used in processing optical materials.
cord
A threadlike inclusion within a blank of optical glass. Rarely found in quality optical materials.
mirror coating
One or more thin-film layers of optical material deposited on a mirror blank/substrate in order to enhance the way that...
optical cements and adhesive
Optical cements and adhesives are specialized materials used in the assembly and bonding of optical components in optical...
refractive index contrast
A measure of the relative difference in refractive index between two optical materials. Most commonly used in fiber optics...

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