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fluoroscopic image intensifier

A form of image intensifier designed to amplify a weak fluoroscopic image. The image is received at an input phosphor screen, as opposed to the light-sensitive electrode emitter used in regular image...

fluoroscopy

The study and analysis of images produced by a fluoroscope.

fluorospar -> fluorite

The optical form of the crystal fluorspar, calcium fluoride, that is utilized for its low optical dispersion, its low refractive index, and its transparency to infrared and ultraviolet radiation.

fluorozirconate

A highly stable heavy-metal fluoride glass made from the fluorides of zirconium, barium, lanthanum, aluminum and sodium.

flusy

fluctuation spectroscopy

flux

Time rate of flow of energy; the radiant or luminous power in a beam.

flux concentration

The intensity of radiation transmitted to a receiver.

flux density

Flux per unit area measured normal to the direction of propagation of the flux.

flux growth

A method of synthesis for crystals such as KTP. The process involves the use of a high-temperature solution called flux to enable crystal growth. Flux dissolves the elements of the desired crystal,...

flux refraction

An alteration in the direction of the magnetic induction at the interface between two media of different permeability.

flux rise time

Time elapsed during the radiant output change from 10 to 90 percent of maximum in a light-emitting diode or laser. Usually expressed in nanoseconds and measured from the moment of onset of the...

flyback

The time it takes a cathode-ray tube's electron beam to return to its starting point after completing one line, one field or one trace.

flying spot

The moving spot of light emitted by a source, generally a cathode-ray tube, to illuminate specific points of an area carrying light and dark regions according to a specific pattern.

flying spot microscope

A microscope that uses a flying spot scanner, directed through the eyepiece, as a light source to determine the features of a transparent specimen. The flying spot is modulated by the varying density...

flying spot scanner

A device used to scan, with a small, intensely bright spot, portions of a picture surface and to transform the original picture into a series of electrical signals. In optical character recognition,...

femtometer

frequency modulation

FM-SC

frequency-modulated subcarrier

FMCW

frequency-modulated continuous wave

FMCW lidar

FMCW lidar stands for frequency-modulated continuous wave lidar. It is a type of lidar (light detection and ranging) technology used for remote sensing, distance measurement, and 3D mapping. FMCW...

fnp

fusion point

fiber optic

focal collimator

A collimator having, at one end of a tube, an objective lens, and at the other, a reticle with a pair of spaced lines located accurately in its focal plane. It is generally useful as an apparatus for...

focal length

The focal length of a lens is the distance between the lens's optical center (or principal point) and the image sensor or film when the lens is focused at infinity. In simple terms, it is the...

focal plane array

A linear or two-dimensional matrix of individual detector elements, typically used at the focus of an imaging system.

focal plane assembly

An infrared imaging device composed of a detector array and readout electronics. It may include a cryogenic cooling system. The assemblies are used in meteorological and surveillance satellites,...

focal plane shutter

A shutter having one or more roller blinds of material with a variable slit that moves across the back of the camera when released and exposes the sensitized material progressively.

focal plane

A plane (through the focal point) at right angles to the principal axis of a lens or mirror; that surface on which the best image is formed.

focal point

That point on the optical axis of a lens, to which an incident bundle of parallel light rays will converge.

focal power

In a symmetrical optical system this is a measure of the influence of the system upon the focus of a pencil of rays passing through it.

focometer

A device used to measure the focal length of an optical system or lens.

FOCT

fiber optic current transformer

focus

1. The focal point. 2. To adjust the eyepiece or objective of a telescope so that the image is clearly seen by the observer. 3. To adjust the camera lens, plate, or film holder so that the image is...

focus control

1. A mechanism that permits the focusing of an optical system.2. A means of obtaining the sharpest image from a cathode-ray tube display by adjusting the size of the spot where it reaches the screen.

focus lamp

An incandescent or carbon arc lamp designed with a stable and compact arc or filament that permits it to be used as a light source to be focused by a lens system.

focused laser scattering

A single-particle scattering technique in which an incident laser beam is tightly focused by means of lenses to yield a focal spot in the scattering material with a diameter on the order of the...

focusing anode

One of the electrodes used to focus the electron beam of a cathode-ray tube. As the electrode's voltage is changed, its electrical field is changed, resulting in a change of the electron beam's spot...

focusing coil

A coil used to focus an electron beam by the generation of a magnetic field parallel to the beam.

focusing corner cube

A retroreflector that can focus a beam of light, with one planar reflective surface, one spherical and a third that is either planar or convex cylindrical.

focusing scale

A scale on an optical instrument that indicates the condition of focus. May indicate the distance to the object or diopter output, or from infinity focus.

fog

1. A term used to describe the clouded appearance of an incompletely polished surface that scatters light. 2. The accumulation of moisture on an optical surface. 3. The extra spectral blackening of a...

FOG

fiber optic gyroscope

FOG-M

fiber optic guided missile

FOIRL

fiber optic inter-repeater link

fold

1. A flaw in a blank caused by folding the blank's surface during its formation. 2. The change in the direction of a system's optical axis caused by a reflective component.

footcandle

Unit of illuminance equal to one lumen per square foot. (fc).

footlambert

Unit of luminance equal to 1/p candela per square foot. (fl).

footprint

1. The sector of the Earth's surface registered upon a remote sensing device in a satellite. 2. The amount of space occupied by a component on the surface upon which it is mounted. 3. The space on an...

Forbush decrease

Decrease in cosmic ray activity that is observed approximately 24 hours after a solar flare, attributed to a shielding effect produced by magnetic fields contained in the plasma of the cloud emitted...

forensic photography

The application of ultraviolet, x-ray, infrared and conventional photography to law enforcement.

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