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- * Greivenkamp, John E. Field Guide to Geometrical Optics. SPIE Field ... * Hecht, Eugene. Optics, 4th ed. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2002 ...10 KB (1,614 words) - 20:48, 19 October 2022
- == Optics == Optical isotropy means having the same optical properties in all directions. If one needs to calculate the macroscopic reflectance ...5 KB (748 words) - 21:30, 7 February 2023
- * Optics * Refraction ==Notes== ==References== * Born, Max, and Emil Wolf. Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic ...9 KB (1,136 words) - 17:57, 31 October 2023
- Sphalerite is a mineral that consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form, but it almost always contains variable amounts of iron. Its ...5 KB (693 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- In optics, a diffraction grating is an optical component with a regular pattern, which splits (diffracts) light into several beams travelling ...13 KB (1,983 words) - 14:34, 29 January 2024
- In optics, refraction occurs when light waves travel from a medium ... and is described by the field of crystal optics. ==Nonlinearity== ...21 KB (3,222 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- Ultimately, however, his primary passion was still practical optics. for the practical purpose of improving optics, he was aware of some of ...10 KB (1,534 words) - 02:14, 11 August 2022
- logic and philosophy, mathematics, and optics, much of it via the Arab ... contains treatments of mathematics and optics, alchemy and the manufacture ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 02:30, 16 December 2022
- For example, when looking at geometry and optics, optics is subordinate to ... Gresseteste's work in optics was also relevant and would be continued ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 05:05, 15 December 2022
- Most early binoculars used Galilean optics; that is they used a convex ... * Coated optics: One or more surfaces coated. * Fully coated: All air ...22 KB (3,302 words) - 17:52, 31 October 2023
- Ernst Mach. Mach is known for his work in optics, mechanics, and wave dynamics, as well as notable advances in the field of supersonic travel ...4 KB (546 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- Cubic zirconia (or CZ) is the cubic crystalline form of zirconium dioxide (ZrO2). The synthesized material is hard, optically flawless, and usually ...11 KB (1,568 words) - 06:43, 11 January 2024
- , is a Japanese company specializing in optics and imaging. Its products ... possibilities within the domain of optics." Nikon.com, [http://www ...13 KB (1,838 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- Hyperopia or hypermetropia, commonly known as farsightedness or longsightedness, is an abnormal eye condition whereby there is better visual ...9 KB (1,278 words) - 13:21, 4 February 2023
- in many fields, including crystallography, optics, and electromagnetic phenomena ... on many fields, including crystallography, optics and electromagnetic phenomena ...12 KB (1,816 words) - 11:01, 9 May 2023
- and additional works on music, optics, and other subjects. ... ==Optics== Ptolemy's Optics is a work in five books that survives ...20 KB (3,023 words) - 17:01, 22 December 2022
- early work was focused on the Doppler effect in optics and acoustics. In 1864 he took a job as professor of mathematics in Graz; in 1866 he was also ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 21:22, 20 March 2024
- and David G. Stork. "Seeing the Light: Optics in Nature, Photography, Color, Vision, and Holography." Wiley. 1986. ISBN 0471603856 ...4 KB (639 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- physics and engineering disciplines, such as optics, acoustics, and radio, frequency is usually denoted by a Latin letter f or by a Greek letter ν (nu). ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- light. Such epoxies are commonly used in optics, fiber optics, optoelectronics, and dentistry. === Industrial tooling and composites === ...16 KB (2,301 words) - 19:13, 13 February 2024
- The image projected onto the retina is inverted due to the optics ... al-Haytham (Alhacen), the "father of optics," who pioneered the ...14 KB (2,075 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- * Hecht, Jeff. City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics. New York: ... * Hecht, Jeff. Understanding Fiber Optics, 5th ed. Prentice Hall, ...10 KB (1,428 words) - 17:32, 26 March 2024
- relies on establishing a waveguide. Fiber optics is the overlap of applied ... parts of the building (see non-imaging optics). Optical fiber illumination ...31 KB (4,772 words) - 00:56, 18 November 2022
- equations. He also made contributions in optics through a similar formulation ... for publication touching on themes of optics that would later win him ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 10:47, 12 May 2023
- * Optics * Protein * RNA * X-ray * X-ray crystallography == Notes == ==References == * Guinier, André. X-Ray Diffraction in Crystals, Imperfect ...12 KB (1,754 words) - 06:35, 11 January 2024
- New York where the telescope's optics were made, was used to discover ... array imagers, spectrographs, and an adaptive optics system. ...11 KB (1,644 words) - 17:07, 10 November 2022
- many important contributions to fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics. Together with James Clerk Maxwell and Lord Kelvin, he was a major ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 10:37, 13 December 2023
- Varnish is a transparent, hard, protective finish or film used primarily in wood finishing but also for other materials. Varnish is traditionally ...13 KB (2,023 words) - 14:37, 3 May 2023
- Polycarbonate lenses offer poor optics because of a low Abbe number ... no later than 1235, mentions using optics to "read the smallest ...22 KB (3,347 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- addition, it is used to make lenses and other optics for the UV spectrum. Fused quartz has nearly ideal properties for fabricating precision mirrors ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 15:39, 7 December 2022
- Tellurium (chemical symbol Te, atomic number 52) is a relatively rare chemical element that belongs to the group of metalloids—its chemical ...14 KB (1,880 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- Corundum is a crystalline form of aluminum oxide and a rock-forming mineral. It is naturally clear but can have different colors when impurities ...7 KB (924 words) - 03:36, 8 January 2024
- Fluorescein (chemical formula C20H12O5) is a highly fluorescent substance, absorbing light mainly in the blue range and emitting light mainly ...6 KB (892 words) - 17:45, 28 March 2024
- mathematics to the solution of problems in optics and mechanics. ... significant research in mechanics. In optics, he developed the wave theory ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 19:07, 21 August 2023
- titanate has a various applications in optics, strontium aluminate is used ... it useful in a variety of applications in optics. It can act as a diamond ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 21:04, 26 February 2023
- H.E. Burton, “The optics of Euclid,” Journal of the Optical Society ... *Burton, H. E. The optics of Euclid. Journal of the Optical Society ...17 KB (2,483 words) - 01:01, 24 November 2022
- their existence using classical geometric optics. The alternating faint rainbows ... htm Circumhorizontal arc]. Atmospheric Optics. Retrieved January 12, 2009. ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:20, 16 April 2023
- Thorium (chemical symbol Th, atomic number 90) is a naturally occurring, slightly radioactive metal and is a member of the actinide series. It ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- The study of light and its interaction with matter is termed optics ... using geometry and anatomy, in his Book of Optics. He stated that each point ...39 KB (6,028 words) - 01:15, 26 October 2022
- properties such as birefringence. Crystal optics describes light propagation in crystals. An axis of anisotropy is defined as the axis along ...8 KB (1,148 words) - 06:28, 28 July 2023
- Ceramics are also used widely in electronics and optics. In addition to the applications listed here, ceramics are used as a coating in various engineering ...14 KB (1,948 words) - 23:58, 3 December 2023
- and who loaned him German books on physics, optics and medicine which made him determine to study further. At the age of 25, he left for Germany ...7 KB (1,116 words) - 01:01, 4 February 2023
- industry make use of fluorite for optics at the wavelength of 157 nanometers (nm). The wavelength of 157 nm is created by an excimer laser with F2 gas. ...8 KB (1,085 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- including light, in the form of geometric optics. Even when discovering the ... statistical mechanics. Geometric optics is an approximation to the ...33 KB (4,963 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- 1620s, Mersenne primarily had in mind geometrical optics and mathematical approaches to music. Later exposure to the works of Galileo and Descartes ...8 KB (1,231 words) - 15:57, 6 November 2022
- radiation theory." Progress in Optics North-Holland 13 (1976):27–69 ... Category:Optics 147961333 ...34 KB (4,943 words) - 20:26, 27 September 2023
- stones. He also completed research in the areas of optics, electrochemistry, and biology. Nobel was intensely interested in science and invention ...8 KB (1,208 words) - 18:04, 20 July 2023
- months, Newton worked at home on calculus, optics, and a theory of gravitation. ... ====Optics==== From 1670 to 1672, Newton lectured on optics. During ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
- A scientific observatory is a structure or place that is equipped to conduct observations of terrestrial events or celestial events or both. ...10 KB (1,374 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- Infrared astronomy is the branch of astronomy and astrophysics that studies objects as they would appear in the infrared (IR) region of the electromagnetic ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- on Light and Color”), a popular work on Newtonian optics. His elegance and sophistication, physical attractiveness, and lively intelligence made an ...8 KB (1,181 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- * O'Dell, Stephen L., and Giovanni Pareschi (eds.). Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy III. Bellingham, WA: SPIE, 2007. ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 04:09, 18 April 2024
- unlikely due to the relatively poor quality of optics and reflective technology in the period during which the building existed. Only slightly less impressive—and ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- * Descartes, René. 2001. Discourse on Method, Optics, Geometry, and Meteorology. Trans. Paul J. Olscamp. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Pub. ISBN ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- Electrical conductivity or specific conductivity is a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electric current. When an electrical ...11 KB (1,570 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space in a regular pattern, often involving the transfer of energy. When thinking about waves ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- chemistry, astronomy, natural science, optics, and even psychology and ... including his correspondence, letters on optics and the free fall of bodies ...19 KB (2,823 words) - 05:22, 24 November 2022
- The study of these effects is called crystal optics. Most crystalline materials have a variety of crystallographic defects. The types and structures ...24 KB (3,432 words) - 06:31, 11 January 2024
- into a storable form. More commonly, the optics and imager are referred to ... in the light path. The camcorder's optics generally have one or more ...34 KB (5,130 words) - 18:53, 25 November 2023
- numerous papers on other topics, particularly optics. In 1843, he was made a full professor, and in 1846, he published equations applicable to the case ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:59, 10 December 2023
- * Optics == Notes == ==References== * Asimov, Isaac. Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Garden City, NY: Doubleday ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 16:28, 9 August 2023
- lutetium) isotopes. Of interest to modern quantum optics, the different ytterbium isotopes follow either Bose-Einstein statistics or Fermi-Dirac statistics ...11 KB (1,375 words) - 21:33, 4 June 2023
- Lanthanum (chemical symbol La, atomic number 57) is a soft, silvery white metallic element. Found in combination with other rare earth elements ...11 KB (1,398 words) - 22:23, 22 October 2022
- related to that of the scientists of optics (Alhazen, Roger Bacon, Witelo ... they seem to be, and applied principles of optics to describe the curvature ...30 KB (4,510 words) - 09:44, 11 March 2023
- theory of parallels, and he wrote two works on optics which later influenced Francis Bacon. At that time little was known about the scientific aspects ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 04:13, 17 June 2023
- the laser source, possibly damaging its optics. When this phenomenon occurs ... *Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics (ISSN 0946-2171) *IEEE Journal ...41 KB (6,333 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies. The physical processes which produce radio waves ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- based on mathematics, such as astronomy and optics, were generally considered to be outside the realm of natural philosophy. Natural philosophy ...13 KB (1,838 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- engineer for the roads of Paris. His researches in optics appear to have been begun about the year 1814, when he prepared a paper on the aberration of ...11 KB (1,814 words) - 21:58, 30 November 2021
- Gliese 229A (20 ly away) using an adaptive optics coronagraph to sharpen images ... to Young Solar Analogs: An Adaptive Optics Survey Using Palomar And ...26 KB (3,884 words) - 04:37, 22 November 2023
- Descartes also made contributions to the field of optics. He showed ... the law of reflection, and his essay on optics was the first published mention ...25 KB (3,599 words) - 04:02, 8 December 2022
- *Optics *Wave *X-ray == Notes == ==References== * Dibner, Bern. Oersted and the Discovery of Electromagnetism. New York, NY: Blaisdell Publishing ...14 KB (1,902 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- Georges-Pierre Seurat (December 2, 1859 – March 29, 1891) was a French painter and the founder of Neo-Impressionism. His large work Sunday ...12 KB (1,923 words) - 22:59, 24 November 2022
- in the eye. Advances in Diagnostic Visual Optics (1987): 19—26. * Hom, Milton M., and Adrian S. Bruce. Manual of Contact Lens Prescribing and ...37 KB (5,508 words) - 02:44, 8 January 2024
- for other applications—fiber optics communication networks, infrared night vision systems, and polymerization catalysts. == Notable characteristics ...13 KB (1,672 words) - 09:43, 5 December 2022
- whereas deciding between two theories of light and optics is speculative reason. The distinction between practical and speculative reason was ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- applied his expertise to problems in astronomy, optics, mechanical engineering, and mechanics. He introduced some of the familiar notation still used ...33 KB (4,972 words) - 15:54, 5 July 2023
- require observation with Nomarski optics.) The major disadvantage of Hoyer's is its susceptibility to the effects of hydration, which causes ...12 KB (1,697 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- so image quality is improved by the use of adaptive optics and space telescopes. By studying the spectra of objects in the night sky, researchers are ...14 KB (1,947 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- Sir Frederick William Herschel, FRS KH (November 15, 1738 - August 25, 1822) was a German-born British astronomer and composer who became famous ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- at the Academy, Michelson excelled in optics, heat, and climatology as well as drawing. He was described by a fellow officer as "a real ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2022
- * Scully, Marian O., and M.S. Zubairy. Quantum Optics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 0521435951. * Woit, Peter. Not Even ...15 KB (2,209 words) - 19:32, 8 October 2022
- out system based on Sir Isaac Newton's Optics. Indeed, influenced also by his theosophical beliefs, he developed it towards what would have ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- Gadolinium (chemical symbol Gd, atomic number 64) is a silvery white metallic element and a member of the lanthanide series of chemical elements ...13 KB (1,750 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- Vellum (from the Old French Vélin, for "calfskin" [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=vellum Online Etymological Dictionary] ...13 KB (2,055 words) - 15:00, 3 May 2023
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (March 21, 1768 – May 16, 1830) was a French mathematician, physicist and government administrator during the ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 00:38, 11 August 2022
- Later on, this helped in the discovery of fiber optics and laser communication systems. ===Metal detector=== Bell is also credited with the invention ...26 KB (4,070 words) - 13:48, 18 July 2023
- Structural color is studied in the field of thin-film optics. A layman ... Category:Optics 163325011 ...32 KB (4,860 words) - 22:38, 7 January 2024
- Naphtha is a name given to several mixtures of liquid hydrocarbons that are extremely volatile and flammable. Each such mixture is obtained during ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 01:20, 11 November 2022
- * Hecht, Eugene. Optics, 4th ed. Pearson Education, 2001. ISBN 0-8053-8566-5 * Jackson, John David. Classical Electrodynamics, 2nd ed. John Wiley ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 15:55, 13 February 2024
- Chinese ceramics or Chinese porcelain is a form of fine art developed in China during the dynastic periods. China has always been richly endowed ...32 KB (4,846 words) - 22:42, 13 January 2023
- Anthony Collins. He also translated Newton's Optics, for which the author presented him with £500. In the same year through the influence of Bishop ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 02:22, 23 December 2022
- images according to the laws of geometric optics * Real time rendering--focuses on rendering for interactive applications, typically using specialized ...34 KB (4,961 words) - 02:33, 8 January 2024
- Virgil's Bucolics in 1461, and classes on optics and ancient literature. Regiomantanus collaborated with his former teacher Peuerbach, who showed ...15 KB (2,318 words) - 03:03, 8 December 2022
- publishing his long scientific work on optics entitled Theory of Color ... and scientific work, including a theory of optics and early work on evolution ...29 KB (4,522 words) - 07:15, 5 April 2024
- William Hyde Wollaston and David Brewster in optics, Herschel was gradually drawn back to the family tradition of studying astronomy that had been established ...15 KB (2,220 words) - 05:56, 3 August 2022
- aircraft, and in space), music theory, acoustics, optics, analysis of financial markets, electronics, probability theory, statistics, biology, medical ...19 KB (2,702 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- law of motion. Mozi also contains speculations in optics and mechanics that are similarly strikingly original, although their ideas were not taken up ...15 KB (2,461 words) - 17:52, 10 November 2022
- A geyser is a type of hot spring that erupts periodically, ejecting a column of hot water and steam into the air. The name geyser comes from ...16 KB (2,391 words) - 02:41, 6 December 2022
- a film about Japanese women working in a military optics factory. Kurosawa married the actress who had played the leading part in the picture, Yaguchi ...14 KB (2,260 words) - 07:15, 16 June 2023
