Unreferenced date December 2009 The path that light takes in traversing an optical system is often called the optical path . The physical length of an optical device can be reduced to less than the length of the optical path by using folded optics . The optical path length as defined in optics is the length of the path multiplied by the index of refraction of the medium. See also Optical path length DEFAULTSORT Optical path Category Optics Optics stub de Strahlengang it Cammino ottico sv Str lg ng ... more details
Optical wireless is the combined use of opticaloptical fiber optical fibre and wireless radio radio frequency communication to provide telecommunications telecommunication to clusters of end points which are geographically distant. The optical fibre is used to span the longest distances, then a wireless link transmits the signal to nearby houses. telecom stub Sources http searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com sDefinition 0,,sid40 gci760820,00.html Optical communication Category Optical communications Category Local loop ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Optical physics , or optical science , is a subfield of atomic, molecular, and optical physics . It is the study of the generation of electromagnetic radiation , the properties of that radiation, and the interaction of that radiation with matter , especially its manipulation and control. It differs from general optics and optical engineering in that it is focused on the discovery and application of new phenomena. There is no strong distinction, however, between optical physics, applied optics, and optical engineering, since the devices of optical engineering and the applications of applied optics are necessary for basic research in optical physics, and that research leads to the development of new devices and applications. Often the same people are involved in both the basic research and the applied technology development. Researchers in optical physics use and develop light sources that span the electromagnetic spectrum from microwave s to X ray s. The field includes the generation and detection of light, linear and nonlinear optics nonlinear optical processes, and spectroscopy . Laser s and laser spectroscopy have transformed optical science. Major study in optical physics is also devoted to quantum optics and Coherence physics coherence , and to femtosecond optics. In optical physics, support is also provided in areas such as the nonlinear response of isolated atoms to intense, ultra short electromagnetic fields, the atom cavity interaction at high ... include the development of novel optical techniques for nano optical measurements, diffractive optics , low coherence interferometry , optical coherence tomography , and near field microscopy . Research in optical physics places an emphasis on ultrafast optical science and technology. The applications of optical physics create advancements in telecommunication communications , medicine , manufacturing ... Optical Physics Category Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Category Optics bn ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Optical storage is a term from engineering referring to the storage of data on an optically readable medium. Data is recorded by making marks in a pattern that can be read back with the aid of light , usually a beam of laser light precisely focused on a spinning disc. An older example, that does not require the use of computers, is microform . There are other means of optically storing data and new methods are in development. Optical storage differs from other computer data storage data storage techniques that make use of other technologies such as magnetism or semiconductor s. Optical storage can range from a single drive reading a single CD ROM to multiple drives reading multiple discs such as an optical jukebox . Single compact discs can hold around 700MB megabyte s and optical jukebox es can hold much more ref Compact Disc http en.wikipedia.org wiki Compact Disc ref . The term optical drive usually refers to a device in a computer that can read CD ROM s or other optical disc s. See also Data storage device the broader topic of all devices that store data. Optical Media board disc modern optical discs such as CD ROM s and related formats. Optical Jukebox Optical disc drive Optical tape more capacity than magnetic tape but not as cost effective Magneto optical drive combines Optical and Magnetic technologies to store data. Laser turntable a device that optically reads mechanical data storage media. HDSS Holographic Data Storage Systems potential new optical storage technology. 3D optical data storage potential new optical storage technology. Optical Storage Technology Association industry trade association References Reflist Optical storage media DEFAULTSORT Optical Storage Category Storage media compu storage stub ar es Almacenamiento ptico fr Lecteur de disque optique ro Dispozitive optice de stocare fi Optinen asema vi a quang zh ... more details
Optical networking can refer to Optical communication Fiber optic communication Synchronous optical networking Optical Transport Network OTN Passive optical network disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2009 Optical microspheres photonic atoms are high quality factor optical resonator s used for active and passive photonic applications such as microlaser cavities and filters. physics stub Category Optics ... more details
Refimprove date May 2007 Optical communication is any form of telecommunication that uses light as the transmission medium . An optical communication system consists of a transmitter , which encodes a message into an optical signal information theory signal , a channel communications channel , which ... optical signal. Forms of optical communication File Bundesarchiv Bild 102 09520, Kieler Hafen, Abfahrt der Deutschen Hochseeflotte.jpg thumb Naval signal There are many forms of non technological optical ... s, ship flags , smoke signals , and beacon beacon fires were the earliest form of technological optical ... an Aldis lamp to communicate with planes whose radio failed. Optical fiber is the most common medium for modern digital optical communication. Free space optical communication is also used today in a variety of applications. Optical fiber communication Main article Fiber optic communication . Optical fiber is the most common type of channel for optical communications, however, other types of optical ... in optical fiber links are generally light emitting diode s LEDs or laser diode s. Infrared light, rather than visible light is used more commonly, because optical fibers transmit infrared wavelengths ... is typically simple intensity modulation , although historically optical phase and frequency modulation ... lower cost. Free space optical communication Main article Free space optical communication ... and the destination, and the optical receiver can reliably decode the transmitted information. Infrared Data Association IrDA is an example of low data rate, short distance free space optical communications using LEDs. See also Commons category Optical communication Laser Optical telegraph Heliograph Telegraph Jun Ichi Nishizawa an inventor of optical communication. Optical fiber cable Optical interconnect Light Peak Parallel optical interface Interconnect bottleneck Opto isolator Fiber tapping Modulating retro reflector LED References http www.rp photonics.com optical fiber communications.html ... more details
unreferenced date September 2009 Image optical train.jpg thumb 250px right An optical train showing the arrangement and angle of lenses and mirrors to guide the laser. Optical train also called optical assembly is the arrangement of lens optics lenses to guide Line of sight propagation line of sight and lasers. The position and angle of lenses are adjusted to guide a laser through the path required. optics stub Category fiber optics ... more details
For the optic axis of a crystal Optic axis of a crystal Image Optical axis en.png thumb 300px Optical axis coincides with red ray and rays symmetrical to optical axis pair of blue and pair of green rays propagating through different lenses. An optical axis is a line along which there is some degree of rotational symmetry in an optics optical system such as a camera lens or microscope . The optical axis is an imaginary line that defines the path along which light propagates through the system. For a system composed of simple lens optics lenses and mirror s, the axis passes through the center of curvature of each surface, and coincides with the axis of rotational symmetry . The optical axis is often coincident with the system s mechanical axis, but not always, as in the case of off axis optical system s. For an optical fiber , the optical axis is along the center of the fiber core , and is also known as the fiber axis . See also Ray optics Cardinal point optics Boresight References FS1037C DODDIC Category Geometrical optics de Optische Achse Optik et Optiline telg eo Optika akso ko id Sumbu optis nl Optische as optica ja pl O optyczna ru sk Optick os sl Opti na os tr Optik eksen uk zh ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 For a mirror holder Mirror mount Orphan date November 2006 An optical mount is a device used to join a normal camera and another optical instrument, such as a microscope or telescope . The optical mount is generally attached to the camera as a camera lens lens would on one end, and fastened to the other instrument in a similar fashion. Optical mounts are used extensively in science scientific imaging applications in biology and astronomy . DEFAULTSORT Optical Mount Category Photography equipment Category Microscopy Category Astronomical instruments Photography stub ... more details
Image OpticalFlats157 03.jpg thumb Optical flats in case. About 1 inch 2.5 cm in diameter Image Optical flat interference fringes.jpg thumb Testing flatness of surfaces with optical flats. The lefthand surface is flat, the righthand surface is uneven. Optical flats are optical grade pieces of glass lapping lapped and polishing polished to be extremely flat on one or both sides, usually within a few millionths of an inch about 25 nanometres . They are used with a monochromatic light to determine the flatness of other optical surfaces by Interference wave propagation interference . ref cite book last English first R. E. editor first Albert G. editor last Ingalls editorlink Albert Graham Ingalls title Amateur Telescope Making Amateur Telescope Making, Book Three publisher Scientific American date 1953 pages 156 162 chapter Optical Flats isbn ref When an optical flat is placed on another surface, interference fringe s Newton s rings are seen due to interference in the tiny gap between the two surfaces. The spacing between the fringes is smaller where the gap is changing more rapidly, indicating a departure from flatness in one of the two surfaces, in a similar way to the contour lines on a map. A flat surface is indicated by a pattern of straight, parallel fringes with equal spacing, while other patterns indicate uneven surfaces. Two adjacent fringes indicate a difference in elevation of one half wavelength of the light used, so by counting the fringes differences in elevation of the surface can be measured to millionths of an inch. Usually only one of the two surfaces is made optically .... Optical flats are sometimes given an optical coating and used as precision mirror s for special purposes, such as in a Fabry P rot interferometer or laser cavity . Optical flats have uses in spectrophotometry as well. Image Optical flats in use.jpg thumb left Optical flats being used to calibrate metal parts. See also Optical contact bonding References reflist optics stub Category Optical ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 An optical link is a communications link that consists of a single end to end optical circuit. A cable of optical fiber , possibly concatenated into a dark fiber link, is the simplest form of an optical link. Other forms of optical link can include single colour links over a wavelength division multiplex infrastructure, and or links that use optical amplifier s to compensate for attenuation over long distances. Other forms of optical links include free space optical communication links. Also in the railways optical is used in two forms depending upon the whether the feeding station is main or not. Thus for main stations it is sain to be long hall and for all remaining stations it is to be short hall. See also colbegin 3 Light Peak Optical interconnect Parallel optical interface Interconnect bottleneck Optical communication Optical cable Transimpedance amplifier Photo diode VCSEL PIN diode Green computing InfiniBand InfiniBand Trade Association Fibre channel HDMI PCI Express Active cables Small form factor pluggable transceiver Terabit Ethernet 100 Gigabit Ethernet 10 Gigabit Ethernet Optoelectronics Data center High performance computing Cloud computing CXP connector Active Cables C Form factor Pluggable Fiber optic communication List of device bandwidths colend category Optical communications DEFAULTSORT Optical Link Telecom stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Optical Circulator symbol.jpg thumb Optical Circulator symbol An optical circulator is a special optical fiber fiber optic component that can be used to separate optical powers that travel in opposite directions in an optical fiber , analogous to the operation of an electronic circulator . An optical circulator is a three port device designed such that light entering any port exits from the next. This means that if light enters port 1 it is emitted from port 2, but if some of the emitted light is reflected back to the circulator, it does not come out of port 1, but instead exits from port 3. Circulators can be used to achieve bi directional transmission over a single fiber. Because of its high optical isolator isolation of the input and reflected optical powers and its low insertion loss , optical circulators are widely used in advanced fiber optic communications communication systems and fiber optic sensor applications. Optical circulators are non reciprocal optics, which means that changes in the properties of light passing through the device are not reversed when the light passes through in the opposite direction. This can only happen when the symmetry of the system is broken, for example by an external magnetic field . A Faraday rotator is another example of a non reciprocal optical device. See also Optical isolator http patft.uspto.gov netacgi nph Parser?Sect1 PTO2&Sect2 HITOFF&p 1&u 2Fnetahtml 2FPTO 2Fsearch adv.htm&r 1&f G&l 50&d PTXT&S1 5909310.PN.&OS pn 5909310&RS PN 5909310 US Patent 005909310 DEFAULTSORT Optical Circulator Category Optical devices Optics stub ... more details
Image Optical Interleaver.gif thumb 400px right Illustration of the function of an optical interleaver and de interleaver An optical interleaver is a 3 port passive fiber optics fiber optic device that is used to combine two sets of dense wavelength division multiplexing DWDM channels odd and even channels into a composite signal stream in an interleaving way. For example, optical interleaver takes two multiplexed signals with 100 GHz spacing and interleaves them, creating a denser DWDM signal with channels spaced 50 GHz apart. The process can be repeated, creating even denser composite signals with 25 GHz or 12.5 GHz spacing. The device can be used in a reverse direction, forming an optical deinterleaver that separates a denser DWDM signal into odd channels and even channels. See schematic diagram. For example, in most DWDM equipment, the standard channel spacing is 100 GHz. But spacing the signal carrying frequencies every 50 or even 25 GHz can double or even quadruple the number of channels per fiber. Thus, optical interleaver can expand the number of channels per fiber, and devices and or networks can be upgraded without requiring that all devices be upgraded. Optical interleaver is based on multiple beam interference . Currently, there are two approaches to building optical interleaver 1 Step phase Michelson interferometer , and 2 birefringence Birefringent crystal networks. The former is based on Michelson interferometer combined with Gires Tournois interferometer . Image Interleaver Spectrum.jpg frame 622px center Transmission spectra of 50 100 GHz optical interleaver at three temperatures See also Optical add drop multiplexer http www.optoplex.com Optical Interleaver.htm Optical Interleaver for fiber optic communications Category Fiber optic communications Interleaver, optical Category Optical devices Interleaver, optical Category Photonics ... more details
nr date March 2010 About the optical component the optoelectronic component Slotted optical switch In telecommunication , an optical switch is a switch that enables signals in optical fiber s or integrated optical circuit s IOCs to be selectively switched from one Telecommunication circuit circuit to another. The word is used on several levels. In commercial terms such as the telecom optical switch ..., independent of how the light itself is switched. Away from the world of telecom systems, an optical ... or signals within a given fiber . Hence a certain portion of the optical switch market is made up of photonic switches. These will contain within them an optical switch, which will, in a small number of cases, be a photonic switch. An optical switch may operate by mechanical means, such as physically shifting an optical fiber to drive one or more alternative fibers, or by electro optic effect s, magneto optic effect s, or other methods. Slow optical switches, such as those using moving fibers, may be used for alternate routing of an optical switch transmission telecommunications transmission path, such as routing around a Fault technology fault . Fast optical switches, such as those using electro ... are the semiconductor optical amplifiers , which are optoelectronic devices that can be used as optical switches and be integrated with discrete or integrated microelectronic circuits. A search on optical switch http patft.uspto.gov netahtml PTO search bool.html yielded some 8000 patents, roughly categorized as follows MEMS approaches involving arrays of micromirrors that can deflect an optical ... involving piezoelctric ceramics providing enhanced optical switching characteristics Inkjet methods ... to or to the normal power range when it is e.g., Patent 7,027,211 . See also Optical cross connect Optical buffer Optical transistor Optical mesh network External links http www.abc.net.au catalyst ... optic communications Switch, optical optics stub id Sakelar Optik he zh ... more details
A 90 optical hybrid is a six port device that is used for coherence physics coherent signal demodulation for either Homodyne detection homodyne or Optical heterodyne detection heterodyne detection. It would ... in the complex field space. The optical hybrid would then deliver the four light signals to two pairs of balanced detectors. Why optical hybrids are needed Since the late 1990s, the transport capacities ... DPSK modulation format, as opposed to OOK 2 developments in optical coherent detection and 3 progress ... strides in optical signal technology are no longer theoretical possibilities but are feasible solutions in present day optical networking technology. The path for an optical coherent system has already ... optical phase lock loop. These advances coupled with recent introduction of six port optical hybrid ... and implementing an optical coherent detection scheme. Perhaps with such advances, optical .... Optical coherent systems The commercial feasibility of a coherent system for optical signal transmission ..., because optical amplifiers were not yet fully developed, optical transmission systems were limited by the attenuation in optical fibers. A large number of transmission experiments with coherent ... to existing optical direct detection system technology, because optical coherent detection systems can also detect not only an optical signal s amplitude but phase and polarization as well ... of an optical coherent system could not be realized by existing systems and technologies ... to a halt, as optical signals could get amplified along the optical transmission link, effectively extending the reach of the optical signal. The primary focus of the development of optical fiber ... dispersion, which became one of the most limiting impairments in optical fibers. Eventually, many techniques ... shifted towards increasing the amount of information that could be transmitted in an optical fiber. Because of coherent detection systems ability to distinguish the optical phase and polarization ... more details
Matt Quinn , better known as Optical , is a drum and bass Music producer producer and DJ from England . He is best known for his work with Ed Rush , fellow head of the Virus Recordings label, and as a pioneer of the techstep and neurofunk sound. His first single for Metalheadz , To Shape the Future Raging Calm 1997 and his collaborative material with Ed Rush, such as the Wormhole album Wormhole , album 1998 were archetypal developments in the style. The duo followed this debut album with The Creeps 2000 and The Original Doctor Shade 2003 , as well as countless singles and remixes. He also notably did most of the engineering and production work for Grooverider s album Mysteries of Funk . In addition, he has produced solo, and released in collaboration with many artists, including Trace artist Trace , Dom & Roland , Fierce band Fierce , and his brother Matrix artist Matrix . External links Rolldabeats artist artist optical name Optical Discogs artist artist Optical name Optical Discogs artist artist Ed Rush 26 Optical name Ed Rush & Optical DEFAULTSORT Optical Category English record producers Category English DJs Category English drum and bass musicians Category Living people UK electronic musician stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date November 2006 Context date October 2009 Optical films are several kinds of industrial and chemical thin film optics . They are mainly used for liquid crystal display panels. DEFAULTSORT Optical Film Category Liquid crystal displays Video tech stub ... more details
Mergeto diffraction limit date June 2009 Optical superresolution is a general term for optical techniques which operate beyond the normal diffraction limit . See also Super resolution Superoscillation Category Physical optics physics stub optics stub ... more details
TMB Optical of Cleveland, OH is a manufacturer of amateur optical telescope telescopes and accessories, specializing in apochromat ic refracting telescope refractors and astronomical eyepiece s. TMB was named after its founder, optics designer Thomas M. Back . Besides producing optical equipment, TMB has licensed optics designs to other manufacturers, such as Astronomics and Burgess Optical. Thomas M. Back died in September, 2007, but the company continues in operation. External links http www.tmboptical.com Company website http www.cloudynights.com item.php?item id 1549 An interview with Thomas Back Category Telescope manufacturers Category Companies based in Cleveland, Ohio US manufacturing company stub ... more details
Optical engineering is the field of study that focuses on applications of optics . Optical engineers design components of optical instrument s such as lens optics lenses , microscope s, telescope s, and other equipment that utilize the properties of light . Other devices include optical sensors and measurement systems, laser s, fiber optic communication systems, optical disc systems e.g. CD , DVD , etc. Because optical engineers want to design and build devices that make light do something useful, they must understand and apply the science of optics in substantial detail, in order to know what is physically possible to achieve physics and chemistry . However, they also must know what is practical in terms of available technology, materials, costs, design methods, etc. As with other fields of engineering, computer s are important to many perhaps most optical engineers. They are used with instruments, for simulation, in design, and for many other applications. Engineers often use general computer tools such as spreadsheet s and programming language s, and they make frequent use of specialized optical software designed specifically for their field. Optical engineering metrology uses optical ... of Optical Engineering 4,000 years ago there were some signs and indications that early optical engineers used optical applications. People who designed and built the Stonehenge and Pyramid of Cheops used basic optical engineering principles. These structures had a connection with the earth and sun ... of optical beams from the eyes. Aristotle believed vision is accomplished when particles from the object ... doi 10.1117 3.818136.ch2 . ref See also Optical lens design Optician Optics Optical physics SPIE CODE V Zemax HEXAGON optical software HEXAGON References references Further reading Driggers, Ronald G. ed. 2003 . Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering. New York Marcel Dekker. 3 vols. ISBN 978 0824709402 ... link doi 10.1117 3.818136.ch2 FTS Yu & Xiangyang Yang 1997 Introduction to Optical Engineering ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 An optical reader is a device found within most computer Image scanner scanners that captures visual information and translates the image into digital information the computer is capable of understanding and displaying. An example of optical readers are marksense systems for election s where voters mark their choice by filling a rectangle, circle or oval, or by completing an arrow. After the voting a tabulating device reads the votes using dark mark logic , whereby the computer selects the darkest mark within a given set as the correct choice or vote. Marksense is also used extensively in such areas as lottery lotteries and multiple choice tests. See also Digital paper Optical scan voting system References reflist noreferences date March 2010 DEFAULTSORT Optical Reader Optics stub Category Optical devices ... more details
Image Optical Trap Ray Optics Explanation.jpg thumb right A Free body diagram force diagram showing how vertical and lateral stabilization occurs in a vertically oriented optical trap. Optical levitation is a method developed by Arthur Ashkin whereby a material is levitation levitated against the downward force of gravity by an upward force stemming from photon momentum transfer. Typically photon radiation pressure of a vertical upwardly directed and focused laser beam of enough intensity counters the downward force of gravity to allow for a stable optical tweezers optical trap capable of holding small particles in suspension. Micrometer sized from several to 50 micrometer in diameter transparent dielectric spheres such as fused silica spheres, oil or water droplets, are used in this type of experiment. The laser radiation can be fixed in wavelength such as that of an argon ion laser or that of a tunable dye laser . Laser Power physics power required is of the order of 1 Watt focused to a spot size of several tens of micrometers. Phenomena related to morphology dependent resonance s in a spherical optical cavity have been studied by several research groups. For a shiny object, such as a metallic micro sphere, stable optical levitation has not been achieved. See also Electrostatic levitation Magnetic levitation Acoustic levitation Aerodynamic levitation Laser propulsion Physics stub Category Levitation ko ... more details
Ltd date 1975 01 pages 26 url http books.google.com books?id uqo9AAAAIAAJ&pg PA26&dq optical window&lr &cd 15 v onepage&q optical 20window&f false format Hardcover. 170 pgs. isbn 9780851090214 ref In medical physics , the optical window is the portion of the visible and infrared spectrum where living ... wavelengths water strongly absorbs infrared light. In optics, it means a usually flat, sometimes optical ... light optical material that allows light into an optical instrument . A window is usually ... for visible light. An optical window may be built into a piece of equipment such as a vacuum chamber to allow optical instruments to view inside that equipment. See also Optical window in biological tissue Radio window Reference Reflist DEFAULTSORT Optical Window Category Optical spectrum id Jendela ... more details
Optical depth , or optical thickness is a measure of transparency optics transparency , and is defined as the negative logarithm of the fraction of radiation e.g., light that is not scattered or absorbed on a path. The optical depth is a measure of the proportion of radiation absorbed or scattered along a path through a partially transparent medium the optical depth to a close by object is zero as the distance to the object increases, so does the optical depth. Formulations The optical depth expresses the quantity of light removed from a beam by scattering or absorption electromagnetic radiation absorption during its path through a transmission medium medium . If math I 0 math is the intensity ... path, then optical depth math tau math is defined by the following equation ref name kitchin1987 ... Calculation from fundamental principles In atomic physics , the optical depth of a cloud of atoms ... sciences , one often refers to the optical depth of the atmosphere as corresponding to the vertical path from Earth s surface to outer space at other times the optical path is from the observer s altitude to outer space. Since math tau math refers to a vertical path, the optical depth for a slant ... tau . , math The optical depth of the atmosphere can be divided into several components, ascribed to Rayleigh ... . The optical depth of the atmosphere can be measured with a sun photometer . See also Beer s law ... as the surface where its optical depth is 2 3. This means that each photon emitted at the photosphere ... at optical depth 2 3, the energy emitted by the star the original derivation is for the sun matches the observed total energy emitted. Note that the optical depth of a given medium will be different for different colors wavelength s of light. For planetary rings , the optical depth is the proportion ... External links http scienceworld.wolfram.com physics OpticalDepth.html optical depth equations ... fr paisseur optique it Profondit ottica pl G boko optyczna ru simple Optical ... more details
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