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  • Quantifying Microplastic Litter using Fluorescent Tagging
    Article - 22 Mar 2017
    Litter in marine environments is a well-known, global issue. Microplastics can be particularly damaging to marine life as their size allows them to pass through sewage treatment plants unfiltered and...
  • Photometer - Definition and References
    Article - 13 Mar 2014
    Photometer is an instrument for measuring the light intensity or optical properties of optical sources or detectors. It operates more like a transducer which converts electric current into mechanical...
  • What is a Focal Point?
    Article - 31 Dec 2013
    A focal point is a common point on the principal axis where all the light rays starting from the object converge.
  • Depth of Focus - Introduction and Meaning
    Article - 27 Dec 2013
    Depth of focus in optics is a measure of the tolerance of placement of the image plane with respect to the lens. In photography, depth of focus refers to the tolerance of the films displacement within...
  • Xenon Flash Lamp - Properties and Applications
    Article - 18 Jun 2013
    Xenon lamps are ionized gas lamps that emit light in various spectral lines, when an electric current is passed through the tube.
  • Polarizer - Basic Definition and Types of Polarizers
    Article - 21 Oct 2007
    A polarizer is a device that converts a beam of electromagnetic waves such as light which is unpolarized or mixed-polarization into a beam with a single linear polarization state.
  • What is Mass Spectrometry?
    Article - 28 Oct 2022
    Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique used for chemical identification. By ionizing and fragmenting the sample of interest and measuring the mass-to-charge ratios of the products formed, it is...
  • Achieving Laser Characterization Via Spectrometry
    Article - 8 Apr 2022
    Pulse characterization instruments are key tools for any lab for a variety of applications. This article describes how to achieve laser characterization thanks to cross-dispersion spectrometry.
  • What is Optical Polarization?
    Article - 20 Dec 2021
    Light is an oscillating electromagnetic field that can be decomposed into its electric and magnetic field components. The electric field oscillates perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the...
  • Can Light Microscopy be Used to Visualize Viruses?
    Article - 11 May 2021
    Italian naturalist, Giambattista Odierna, provided the first detailed account of organic tissue in 1644 – enabled by studying organic matter under the lens of newly invented microscopes. Now, the...

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