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A system used for gratings that consists of a concave...
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A cross-sectional slice cut from an ingot of either...
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An image intensifier tube in which the photocathode and the...
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A standard of luminous intensity evaluated as the luminous...
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A solution containing colloidal silica...
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The power that gives rise to the production of energy at...
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1. An undulation or vibration; a form of movement by which...
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The point function in a wave equation that represents the...
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The frequency of a wave divided by its velocity of...
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That branch of optics concerned with radiant energy and...
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An optical element having two principal axes, slow and...
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Any type of interference produced by a...
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The continuous group of waves that persists for a short...
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The graph of the oscillating variations making up a wave,...
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A device designed to measure the amplitude and frequency of...
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An oscilloscope used to survey the waveform of a video...
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In considering a field of electromagnetic energy emanating...
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A system or material designed to confine and direct...
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For each mode in an optical waveguide, the term used to...
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Gas laser in which the tube acts as a channel for the laser...
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A device that consists of two types of mode converters, one...
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Scattering (other than material scattering) that is...
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Electromagnetic energy is transmitted in the form of a...
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A system that allows the transmission of more than one...
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A device that measures the wavelength of an electromagnetic...
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A beamsplitting mirror that reflects as a function of...
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A photofluorescent compound that, when used with a...
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A fiber for which the difference between the maximum and...
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The magnetic flux that, linking a circuit of one turn,...
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The law stating that the just-perceptible increment of...
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An optical element having plane-inclined surfaces. Usually...
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An optical filter so constructed that the density increases...
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A photometer that uses a wedge, marked to show its...
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A diffraction pattern sampling unit composed of a...
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A spectrograph in which the flux density transmitted...
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A method of specifying the allowable edge-thickness...
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Also known as cathode-ray tube grid or shield. A...
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A statistical means of characterizing the failure of a...
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A testing method for the x-ray analysis of the structure of...
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chemical vapor deposition (CVD) - A process of applying dopants to a glass bait by flame reactions of gaseous compounds.

See also outside vapor-phase oxidation; inside vapor-phase oxidation.
 

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