Gradient-index (GRIN) optics is the branch of optics covering optical effects produced by a gradient of the refractive index of a material. Such gradual...
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materials with varying indexes of refraction are called gradient-index (GRIN) materials. Such materials are used to make gradient-index optics. For light rays...
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anti-de Sitter AdS4 spaces. Transformation optics is employed to increase capabilities of gradient index lenses. Optical elements (lenses) perform a...
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commercialised the crown/flint doublet Sandbows and Blacklights, Reflections on Optics by Stephan R. Wilks -- Oxford University Press 2021 Page 88 A Dictionary...
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Optical fiber (redirect from Fiber optics)
refractive index gradient. Electronics portal Fiber Bragg grating Fiber management system The Fiber Optic Association Gradient-index optics Leaky mode...
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frequency. Sometimes the term chromatic dispersion is used to refer to optics specifically, as opposed to wave propagation in general. A medium having...
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ISBN 0-201-52981-5. Chapter 35. E. W. Marchand, Gradient Index Optics, New York, NY, Academic Press, 1978. Hecht, Eugene (1987). Optics (2nd ed.). Addison Wesley. ISBN 0-201-11609-X...
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In optics, the refractive index (or refraction index) of an optical medium is the ratio of the apparent speed of light in the air or vacuum to the speed...
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A graded-index fiber, or gradient-index fiber, is an optical fiber whose core has a refractive index that decreases continuously with increasing radial...
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crystal. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flint glass. Crown glass (optics) Chromatic aberration Cup plate Kurkjian, Charles R.; Prindle, William R...
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Transparency and translucency (redirect from Transparency (optics))
In the field of optics, transparency (also called pellucidity or diaphaneity) is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without...
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campaigns for equality in education GRIN, an acronym for gradient index; see Gradient-index optics Search for "grin" or "grins" on Wikipedia. All pages...
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Fused quartz (section Refractive index)
ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths, so is used to make lenses and other optics for these wavelengths. Depending on manufacturing processes, impurities...
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Electricity Thermal properties, see Thermodynamics Optical properties, see Optics and Photonics Magnetic properties, see Magnetism The properties of a material...
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temperature sol–gel technique Viscosity Vitrification Optics Achromat Dispersion Gradient-index optics Hydrogen darkening Optical amplifier Optical fiber...
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temperature sol–gel technique Viscosity Vitrification Optics Achromat Dispersion Gradient-index optics Hydrogen darkening Optical amplifier Optical fiber...
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dates to unpublished work in 1991). Fiber Bragg grating Fiber optics Gradient index optics Leaky mode Optical communication Optical medium Photonic crystal...
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in telescope optics, microlithography machines and inertial navigation systems. The main applications for Zerodur include telescope optics in astronomy...
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Borosilicate glass (section Optics)
soda–lime glass. This reduces material stresses caused by temperature gradients, which makes borosilicate a more suitable type of glass for certain applications...
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when the liquidus temperature gradient at the interface (the position x=0) is larger than the imposed temperature gradient: ∂ T L ∂ x | x = 0 > ∂ T ∂ x...
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Gradient boosting is a machine learning technique based on boosting in a functional space, where the target is pseudo-residuals instead of residuals as...
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matches the formula for geometrical optics with a suitable electron-optical index of refraction.: 745 This index of refraction functions like the material...
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silicon nitride. This property is useful for gradient-index optics components such as graded-index fibers. Silicon oxynitrides can be doped with metal atoms...
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Optical glass (section Gradient index lenses)
original on 22 March 2012. Moore, Duncan (April 1980). "Gradient-index optics: a review". Applied Optics. Vol. 19, no. 7. doi:10.1007/BF02463739. Archived from...
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