Videology Industrial-Grade Cameras - Custom Embedded Cameras LB 2024

Type

Browse by Letter

Zurich Instruments AG - Boost Your Optics July-August MR

PI Physik Instrumente - 50 ways hexapod ROS HP 7/24

6,654 terms

Definitions

Clear All Filters x Definitions x
light meter

Any device that is used to sense and measure light. See exposure meter; photoelectric exposure meter; photoelectric photometer; reflected light meter.

light modulator

A device that is designed to modulate a beam of light, usually from a laser source, by acting upon the beam directly. The three general types of devices operate in an acousto-optic, electro-optic or...

light negative

That property of a substance that determines that there will be a decrease in conductivity when exposed to light radiation.

light pattern

In optics, a pattern, such as the Buchmann-Meyer pattern, that may be viewed when the record surface is illuminated by a light beam having parallel rays.

light pen

A handheld, light-sensitive device that is used with a display console to directly change, measure or erase the visual information presented. Interfaced with the computer that is generating the...

light pencil

A narrow cone of light rays that diverge from a point source or converge to an image point.

light pipe

Transparent matter that usually is drawn into a cylindrical, pyramidical or conical shape through which light is channeled from one end to the other by total internal reflections. Optical fibers are...

light quantum

The individual coherent series of lightwaves that defines a quantum of radiant energy. Light quantum is equal to hv, h being Plank constant and v being the radiation frequency in herts.

light ray

The path of a given point on a wavefront. One of the radii of a wave of light that indicates the direction of light travel.

light sectioning

Technique for measuring the volume bulk of materials as they move along a conveyor with an accuracy of better than 1 percent. Based on the use of high-resolution arrays of solid-state detectors, the...

light sheet fluorescence microscopy

Also known as single plane illumination microscopy (SPIM), this process was designed for imaging of sensitive samples and fast biological processes in vivo. In this method, a light sheet illuminates...

light source

The generic term applied to all sources of visible radiation from burning matter to ionized vapors and lasers, regardless of the degree of excitation.

light source efficiency -> luminous efficacy

Quotient of total luminous flux divided by total radiant flux; lumens per watt. (For a source, quotient of total luminous flux divided by lamp power input.)

light source power

The electrical power used to stimulate any light source. Power supplies may be step-up or step-down transformers; rectifiers to convert AC to DC; ammeters and voltmeters to observe the input to the...

light throughput efficiency

The fraction of incident light power in an optical modulator that is available to the output beam.

light valve

With respect to display systems, a device that uses an independent light source and a control-layer medium, the active optical element, to convert an electrical charge image to an optical image....

light-activated silicon-controlled rectifier

A PN-PN device with incident light taking the place of gate current; three of the four semiconductor regions are available for circuit connections.

light-activated silicon-controlled switch

Similar to LASCR, except that all four regions are available.

light-beating spectroscopy

The spectroscopic analysis of optical line shapes and frequency shifts, using the technique of light beating; i.e., the mixing of two narrowband optical components to produce an AC component in the...

light-emitting diode

An LED, or light emitting diode, is a semiconductor device that emits light when an electric current passes through it. LEDs are widely used in various applications due to their energy efficiency,...

light-powered telephone

Technology that relies on a highly efficient photodetector that can detect incoming light signals at one frequency and transmit outgoing signals at another, thus permitting the sending and receiving...

lightguide -> fiber optic lightguide

A bundle of optical fibers arranged randomly for the purpose of transmitting energy, not an image.

limiting angle of resolution

The angle subtended by two points or lines that are just far enough apart to be distinguished as separate. The ability of an optical device to resolve two points or lines is called resolving power...

limiting angular subtense (a_min)

The apparent visual angle that divides intrabeam viewing from extended-source viewing.

limiting aperture

The maximum circular area over which radiance and radiant exposure can be averaged.

linac -> linear accelerator

A device used to accelerate the electrons in a free-electron laser. There are several types, including the induction linear accelerator, the radio frequency linear accelerator and the superconducting...

linar

Celestial point sources that emit specific wavelengths of radiation that appear on spectral charts as narrow lines. The term linar is a contraction of line and star.

line of sight

The line of vision; the optical axis of a telescope or other observation system. The straight line connecting the object and the objective lens of the viewing device.

line scan

Line scan refers to a method of capturing images or data by scanning a single line at a time, as opposed to capturing the entire image simultaneously. This technique is commonly used in various...

line source

In the spectral sense, an optical source that emits one or more spectrally narrow lines as opposed to a continuous spectrum. In the geometric sense, an optical source whose active (emitting) area...

line spectra

Spectra that originate from atoms; they are composed of lines having irregular spacing and intensity.

line spectrum

A spectrum formed by radiation whose energy values of the property being measured cluster about at least one discrete value, as opposed to a continuous spectrum. The actual width of the spectral line...

line spread function

The intensity distribution seen when scanning the image of a line, in the direction perpendicular to that line.

line-narrowed laser

A semiconductor laser in which the naturally occurring broad linewidth has been narrowed by incorporating the laser diode into a large resonant external cavity.

line-scan camera

A line-scan camera, also known as a line-scan image sensor or linear array camera, is a type of digital camera designed to capture images one line or row of pixels at a time, rather than a full...

line-scan recording

A type of recording in which the recording line remains fixed and the recording medium is fed past the recording device.

line-selectable laser -> tunable laser

Any form of laser; e.g., a dye laser, having an output that can be adjusted over a wide range of wavelengths. Normally the range is about 70 nm wide.

lineament

A mappable surface feature arranged in straight or curved lines that is distinguished from surrounding surfaces and is formed as a result of the landform's internal characteristics.

linear accelerator

linear actuator

High-precision motorized positioning device, often linked to computer control equipment.

linear amplifier

Amplifier in which the input and output pulse heights are directly proportional.

linear array

A solid-state video detector consisting of a single row of light-sensitive semiconductor devices, used in linear-array cameras.

linear element

A device for which the output electric field is linearly proportional to the input electric field, and no new wavelengths or modulation frequencies are generated.

linear encoder -> optical encoder

A device designed to measure linear or rotary motion by detection of the movement of markings on a transparent medium past a fixed point of light. The encoder has a moving code plate, a glass disc...

linear energy transfer

The transfer of energy lost by radiation to the body, relative to the loss of energy per unit of path traveled.

linear field

The measured width of the field of view at any distance.

linear image sensor

A linear image sensor is a type of solid-state electronic device used to capture and convert light into electrical signals. Unlike area image sensors (such as CCD or CMOS sensors), which capture an...

linear optics

Linear optics refers to the study and manipulation of light in a linear and deterministic manner, where the response of optical elements is proportional to the amplitude of the incident light wave....

linear plastic

A term for thermoplastic optical materials; that is, those in which the polymer chains remain linear after heating and molding and which thus can be remolded again and again, unlike thermoset...

linear polarization

See plane-polarized light; polarization.

Photonics DictionaryDefinitions