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dark box
A lightproof box used for storing photosensitive materials.
image intensifier
An image intensifier, also known as an image intensification tube or image intensification device, is a specialized...
photomultiplier tube
A photomultiplier tube (PMT) is a highly sensitive vacuum tube that detects and amplifies low levels of light. It is widely...
photolithography
Photolithography is a key process in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices, integrated circuits, and...
lead sulfide cell
A photoconductive cell having greatest sensitivity in the infrared region. The photosensitive material of the cell is lead...
CMOS image sensor
A CMOS image sensor, short for complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor image sensor, is a type of semiconductor device used...
camera obscura
A forerunner of the modern camera, this instrument had a focusable lens that produced a sharp image on the enclosure...
electron telescope
An instrument that serves to produce an enlarged electron image on a fluorescent screen by focusing an infrared image of a...
darkroom
A room that is light-tight, permitting total darkness or illumination with a safelight when working with photosensitive...
safelight
Filtered light to which photographic or other photosensitive materials are not responsive; used to illuminate darkrooms when...
silver halide emulsion
An emulsion in which grains of the photosensitive material silver halide are deposited. Each grain, when exposed to light,...
linear image sensor
A linear image sensor is a type of solid-state electronic device used to capture and convert light into electrical signals....
lithography
Lithography is a key process used in microfabrication and semiconductor manufacturing to create intricate patterns on the...
lead selenide cell
A thin-film photoconductive cell that is sensitive to the infrared region. The photosensitive material of the cell is...
photocurrent
The current that flows through a photosensitive device, such as a photodiode, as the result of exposure to radiant power.
deep ultraviolet
Deep ultraviolet (DUV or deep-UV) refers to a specific range of ultraviolet light with shorter wavelengths than those in the...
image dissector tube
An electron tube that is used as a camera tube for a television system. When the picture to be transmitted is focused on a...
CMOS camera
A CMOS camera refers to an imaging device that employs a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor to...
fiber Bragg grating
A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is a type of optical filter that is inscribed or "written" into the core of an optical fiber. It...
retina
1. The photosensitive membrane on the inside of the human eye. 2. A scanning mechanism in optical character generation.
image orthicon
A camera tube widely used in television broadcasting. It consists of three sections within a single vacuum envelope. 1. A...
optical data storage
The storage of information via optical means, primarily employing a low-power laser to inscribe data on a photosensitive...
microwave phototube
A device designed to detect microwave modulation and to mix modulated and unmodulated laser beams. It consists of a...
cesium chloride
Colorless crystals used in photoelectric cells and for photosensitive material in cathodes.
photosensitive recording
The recording achieved when a surface, illuminated by a signal-controlled light beam, emits electrons or reacts in some...
two-photon polymerization
Two-photon polymerization (TPP) is a technique used in additive manufacturing, specifically in the field of 3D printing. It...
optical character reader
A photosensitive device used to optically scan and read character data (numbers, letters etc.) and input this data into a...
embedded laser
The term "embedded laser" typically refers to a laser device that is integrated or embedded into a larger system or...
spherical microintegrated lens
A tiny lens (as small as 100 µm in diameter) used to focus light on charge-coupled devices, formed by heating a...
line-scan camera
A line-scan camera, also known as a line-scan image sensor or linear array camera, is a type of digital camera designed to...
microprojector
A miniature projecting device designed to enhance and reproduce the image generated by a smaller image-forming instrument....
charge-coupled device
A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a type of electronic image sensor used in various imaging devices, including digital...
step-and-repeat printer
A projection printer that is capable of reproducing a multiplicity of images from a master transparency on a single support...

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