Holograms are no longer a mysterious part of science fiction. They are now an integral part of numerous consumer goods including credit cards, drivers licences, software CDs and even the cash currency of some countries.
In some instances, features of an optical system like lenses, mirrors and other reflectors, are required that cannot be readily made using conventional optics manufacturing processes like grinding, lapping and polishing.
To the human eye, space appears serene and void. It is neither. To the “eye” of an X-ray telescope, the universe is totally different - a violent, vibrant, and ever-changing place.
Without CCD detectors our modern lives would not have the current influx of ubiquitous video cameras, digital cameras, and camera telephones. CCD detectors or sensors are the light sensitive detectors that capture the image in the majority of these cameras.
TEAM 0.5, the world's most powerful transmission electron microscope has been installed at the Department of Energy's National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Optical Coherence tomography has been used for a number of applications such as biomedical and materials research for the past decade.
Scientists and technicians at the NIF are quickening their pace to install and test the rest of NIF’s 192 lasers.
LLNL scientists for the first time have validated the idea of using extremely short and intense X-ray pulses to capture images of objects.
By Andy Henton
11 Jan 2008
Adaptive Optics can be defined as the optical systems that adapt to rectify for optical effects which is presented by the medium between the object and its image.
Adaptive optics is an efficient but expensive way to correct distortions in laser beams.