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A custom optic refers to an optical component that is designed, manufactured, and tailored to meet specific requirements or applications. These optics can include lenses, mirrors, prisms, filters, or...

In computer graphics, intersection of a plane with a three-dimensional object to create a sectional view.

A technique for measuring fiber attenuation or distortion by performing two transmission measurements. One is at the output end of the full length of the fiber. The other is within 1 to 3 m of the...

1. In detector technology, the long wavelength at which detector response falls to a set percentage (usually 20 or 50 percent). 2. In fiber optics, the shortest wavelength at which a fiber transmits...

In filter terminology, that wavelength where the filter transmission increases beyond 5 percent.

The process of forming a lens to a given pattern, or of cutting a piece of glass along the line of scratch.

The point on a cutting line that will become the geometrical center of the cut lens.

Adhering material used to glue optical components that transmit in the infrared. It is easily dissolved by acetone.

An instrument designed to measure the proportion of light emitted by a source in the blue region of the spectrum.

The analysis of light in the blue region of the visible spectrum.

A small mass spectrometer, with a limited mass range, equipped with an analyzer to generate a cycloidal-path beam of the sample.

The tendency of charge carriers to spiral about an axis in a direction identical to that of an applied magnetic field that has an angular frequency formed by the value of the applied field and the...

In a cylindrical lens, the meridian parallel to the generating lines of the cylindrical surface. In a toric lens, the cylinder axis is the axis of the equivalent cylindrical surface that has been...

A cylindrical lens is an optical component that has different curvatures along its two orthogonal axes, resulting in a shape resembling a cylinder. Unlike spherical lenses, which have the same...

An endoscope used for the visual examination of the bladder.

A form of monochromator optical system consisting of two spherical concave mirrors used in conjunction with a movable diffraction grating.

Popular process for silicon and polycrystalline production that consists of an alteration of the original state of a substance; thus, single-crystal materials can be used to form a polycrystal.