Lighting - AZoOptics Search

Article - 11 Mar 2014

Bandwidth is a width of a wavelength range of a specific part of the spectrum which transmits incident energy via a filter.

Bruker’s Contour Elite 3D Optical Microscopes

Equipment

Bruker has developed the Contour Elite™ 3D optical microscopes that integrate the ContourGT® platform’s metrology and Vision64® analysis software with high fidelity imaging capabilities.

Waveguide - Definition and Applications

Article - 7 Feb 2014

Waveguide is an optical structure which directs the electromagnetic waves of an optical spectrum. Some of the common types of waveguides include rectangular waveguides and optical fibers.

Astronomer Developed World's Largest and Most Advanced Digital Camera for a Telescope

News - 9 Oct 2007

The University of Hawaii astronomer who led development of the world's largest and most advanced digital camera for a telescope on Haleakala, Maui, says he is "shocked at how well it's...

Pellin-Broca Prism - Definition and Uses

Article - 16 Jan 2014

A Pellin–Broca prism is a type of constant-deviation dispersive prism. It is named after its inventors, Ph. Pellin, a French instrument maker and André Broca, a professor of physiological optics.

An Introduction to Optical Harmonics

Article - 6 Jan 2014

Non-linear crystals are the materials in which dielectric polarization exhibits a non-linear response with respect to the electric field of the light.

Hospital in Minneapolis Unveil its Most Expensive Operating Room

News - 4 Oct 2007

It's like a scene from a James Bond movie. In a room with gleaming steel walls, double doors slide open to reveal a doughnut-shaped machine large enough to engulf a person. People start backing...

Primary and Secondary Principal Planes

Article - 30 Dec 2013

The principal planes are two hypothetical planes found in a lens system at which all the refraction is deemed to occur.

Catadioptric System Definition and Applications

Article - 27 Dec 2013

Catadioptric systems may be defined as optical systems that make use of lenses and mirrors for the formation of images.

Revolutionary Intraocular Lens Treats Combined Eye Conditions at Once

News - 21 Sep 2007

Australians suffering from cataracts and pre-existing astigmatism, short sightedness or long sightedness can now benefit from a revolutionary intraocular lens (IOL) which treats the combined eye...