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  • What is an Optical Diffuser?
    Article - 5 Jun 2013
    An optical diffuser can be defined as an element that scatters light. An optical diffuser is used for softening or giving shape to an illumination. Optical diffusers are commonly used in commercial...
  • Copper Vapor Lasers - Properties and Applications
    Article - 14 May 2013
    Copper vapor laser makes use of copper vapors as a lasing medium. It emits yellow and green laser light at 578.2 and 510.6 nm of the electromagnetic spectrum, respectively.
  • Ruby Laser – History, Properties and Applications
    Article - 7 May 2013
    A ruby-laser is a solid-state laser that employs a synthetic ruby crystal as its gain medium. The first ruby laser was developed by Theodore H. "Ted" Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories in 1960.
  • Camera Lenses - How Camera Lenses are Made
    Article - 9 Feb 2008
    Designing camera lens starts off by pinpointing the potential market that will use the final product. The designer then has to decide on the optical design, material and the suitable fabrication...
  • Holograms and How Holograms Are Made
    Article - 27 Jan 2008
    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...
  • CCD Sensors - A Basic Look at How The Fundamental Key to Modern Digital Imaging Works
    Article - 27 Jan 2008
    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...
  • Material Properties Controlled Using Terahertz Radiation
    Article - 19 Jan 2008
    A collaboration led by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has used molecular vibrations, triggered by ultrafast pulses of terahertz...
  • Optical Filters – What is an Optical Filter and What Does it Do?
    Article - 26 Dec 2007
    Filters are manufactured into a number of shapes and sizes. Filters can be used to pass or eliminate bands of wavelength ranging from hundreds of nanometers in size down to a single wavelength.
  • White Balance - The Definition of White Balance
    Article - 23 Dec 2007
    White balance is a term referred to as the process of eliminating unrealistic color casts.
  • What is Lens Flare and the Mechanisms of Lens Flare
    Article - 15 Dec 2007
    Lens flare is one of those optical phenomena which can ruin an otherwise perfect photograph, and all too often you don'tknow it until after the fact when you get your photos back from processing. Lens...

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