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Insaco Saving NASA Valuable Time in Getting the Solar Concentrator up to Space Quickly - Application Note by Insaco

Insaco's precision machining of fused silica enabled NASA's solar concentrator project, meeting stringent specs for deep space research.

From INSACO Inc. - Machining of Hard Materials 5 Aug 2021

Brightness Unit - Definitions, Units and Conversions of Commonly Used Brightness Units

27 Jun 2008

Spectacular Growth is Occurring Within The Thin-Film Solar Industry

Thin-film solar cells are cheaper than traditional solar panels, such as those made of polycrystalline silicon, but the yield is lower. However, the combination of these properties is promising according to the Thin-Film Future conference organized recently by SolarPlaza in Munich.

25 Jun 2008

Refractive Index - Refractive Index of Common Gemstones and Materials

Different types of media have different refractive properties. The amount of refraction for a given material is known as the refractive index.

15 May 2008

Synthetic Aperture Radar - What is Synthetic Aperture Radar and How Does it Work?

Synthetic aperture radar or commonly abbreviated to as SAR provides high resolution imagery by taking the advantages of the intricate information processing capacity of today's digital electronics and the long-range propagation characteristics of radar signals.

18 Apr 2008

An Overview of the Materials Used for Solar Cells

This article discusses the materials that are used in solar cells.

30 Mar 2008

Optical Mouse - How an Optical Mouse Work

The mouse is an input tool designed to control objects on the display screen. The mouse senses these movements and is transmitted to the computer in order for it to react in an appropriate manner.

28 Mar 2008

The Femtosecond Laser – An Introduction

Femtosecond lasers are a type of laser that discharges optical pulses in femtoseconds. Femtosecond lasers belong to a class of ultrashort pulse lasers or ultrafast lasers. Passive mode locking technologies has been employed for the generation of short pulses.

17 Mar 2008

Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) - What is LIDAR?

LIDAR, which stands for light detection and ranging, is an instrument that uses an intense laser light transmitted at an object and detecting the laser light reflected by the object.

10 Mar 2008

Binoculars - How Binoculars Work?

Binoculars can be considered as having two telescopes which are exactly the same placed next to each other and accurately pointing at the same direction. Binoculars allow the user to use both eyes when looking at distant objects.

7 Mar 2008