Photonics Dictionary Definitions, Abbreviations, Illustrations, Terms listing by the letter Y (Items 1 thru 9)

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Photonics Dictionary Return to Dictionary home There are 9 terms that begin with 'Y' Currently displaying records 1 thru 9. You are in set 1 of 1 1 YAG laser A solid-state laser using yttrium aluminum garnet as the... 2 yaw In positioning, in-plane rotation about the vertical axis.... 3 Y-axis 1. In a plane Cartesian coordinate system, the vertical... 4 Y-axis deflection The vertical deflection of an image on a cathode-ray tube... 5 yocto (y) In the SI system, prefix meaning... 6 yotta (Y) In the SI system, prefix meaning... 7 Young's construction A method of graphical ray tracing through a boundary... 8 Young's modulus The constant equal to the unit stress divided by unit... 9 Young's two-slit interference The method by which Thomas Young in 1802 disproved Newton's... Currently displaying records 1 thru 9. You are in set 1 of 1 Return to Dictionary home Click to view listings of terms Term of the moment... equivalent air path - When a block of glass (prism, window, filter, etc.) is placed into a converging light bundle, it increases the physical distance to the point of focus. The equivalent air path for that block of glass is equal to its thickness divided by its index of refraction. See also optical distance.	advertisement advertisement advertisement advertisement advertisement advertisement advertisement

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