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Dichroic Mirrors Explained: A Comprehensive Guide
Dichroic Mirrors Explained: A Comprehensive Guide
Dichroic mirrors serve a pivotal role in modern optics by offering precise control over light based on its wavelength. By selectively reflecting and transmitting specific wavelengths, they facilitate a ...
Diffractive Optical Elements: A Comprehensive Guide
Diffractive Optical Elements: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction Diffractive Optical Elements (DOEs) represent a pivotal advancement in the realm of optics and photonics, revolutionizing the way light is manipulated and harnessed. These intricate optical ...
White Light Interferometry: A Comprehensive Guide
White Light Interferometry: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction Interferometry stands as a pivotal technique in modern measurement and metrology, offering unparalleled precision in the examination of surfaces and optical phenomena. At the heart of this ...
Goniometer Stages 101: A Comprehensive Guide
Goniometer Stages 101: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction Goniometer stages, as shown in the example below, are precision instruments that play a pivotal role in the realm of optics. Their primary function is to measure angles or rotate an object ...
The Concorde: Innovating History
The Concorde: Innovating History
The Concorde, a retired supersonic airliner, was one of the first aircrafts to use immensely powerful pure jet engines for a commercial purpose. As an aircraft ahead of its time, the Concorde quickly ...
Raman Thermometry: Measuring Temperature at Micro-Scale
Raman Thermometry: Measuring Temperature at Micro-Scale
Why Measuring Temperatures at Micro-Scale is so Difficult? Scaling temperature measurement techniques from the macro- to micro-scale proves quite difficult due to the evasiveness of temperature sensing ...
Plasma Cutting: Brief Introductory Guide
Plasma Cutting: Brief Introductory Guide
Plasma Arc Cutting, commonly referred to as PAC is a manufacturing process that is associated with a range of electrically conductive materials such as stainless steel, manganese steel, titanium alloys, ...
Fusion Ignition Achieved: a Milestone in Power Production
Fusion Ignition Achieved: a Milestone in Power Production
Fusion ignition has been achieved on earth! The first fusion reaction to produce a net positive energy gain has made history on December 5th of 2022. This monumental day in power resulted from years of ...
Single Photon Sources and Quantum Applications
Single Photon Sources and Quantum Applications
Introduction Single photon sources are a relatively new type of light source that was first developed and tested in 1974. Unlike most classical light sources, this type of a source emits light as a single ...
Deformable Mirrors and “Fake” Stars in Space Photography
Deformable Mirrors and “Fake” Stars in Space Photography
Why do We Need Deformable Mirrors? Deformable mirrors are specialty mirrors that are capable of deforming their reflective surface and thus achieve wavefront correction of optical aberrations. In astronomy ...