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== Subcategories == | == Subcategories == | ||
*'''[[:Category:Brightness|Brightness]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Brightness|Brightness]]''' - the luminance of a body, separate from its hue or saturation | ||
*'''[[:Category:Color|Color]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Color|Color]]''' - the visual perception by humans that derives from different spectrums of light | ||
*'''[[:Category:Extinction coefficients|Extinction coefficients]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Extinction coefficients|Extinction coefficients]]''' - parameters that define how strongly a substance absorbs light at a given wavelength | ||
*'''[[:Category:Four-wave mixing|Four-wave mixing]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Four-wave mixing|Four-wave mixing]]''' - an intermodulation phenomenon in optical systems whereby interactions between two wavelengths produce two extra wavelengths in a signal | ||
*'''[[:Category:Luminescence|Luminescence]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Luminescence|Luminescence]]''' - the emission of light from a substance not resulting from heat | ||
*'''[[:Category:Optical crosstalk|Optical crosstalk]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Optical crosstalk|Optical crosstalk]]''' - when two or more optical communication channels interfere with other each other | ||
*'''[[:Category:Optical design|Optical design]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Optical design|Optical design]]''' - the design of optical equipment | ||
*'''[[:Category:Optical distortion|Optical distortion]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Optical distortion|Optical distortion]]''' - the deviation from rectilinear projection in light transmission | ||
*'''[[:Category:Optical fiber applications|Optical fiber applications]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Optical fiber applications|Optical fiber applications]]''' - the uses of fiber optics | ||
*'''[[:Category:Optical harmonic generation|Optical harmonic generation]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Optical harmonic generation|Optical harmonic generation]]''' - the process by which photons interacting with a nonlinear material are effectively combined to form new photons with twice as much energy | ||
*'''[[:Category:Optical losses|Optical losses]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Optical losses|Optical losses]]''' - light which could have generated power or a signal but is dissipated or distorted | ||
*'''[[:Category:Optical microscopy|Optical microscopy]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Optical microscopy|Optical microscopy]]''' - the use of lens to magnify and focus the image of small objects | ||
*'''[[:Category:Optical mixing|Optical mixing]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Optical mixing|Optical mixing]]''' - the process by which optical wavelengths mix and transform each other | ||
*'''[[:Category:Optical polarization|Optical polarization]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Optical polarization|Optical polarization]]''' - the polarization of certain materials upon the application of light | ||
*'''[[:Category:Optical pulses|Optical pulses]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Optical pulses|Optical pulses]]''' - short bursts of visible light | ||
*'''[[:Category:Optical saturation|Optical saturation]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Optical saturation|Optical saturation]]''' - a point at which further applications of light produce no effect | ||
*'''[[:Category:Ray tracing|Ray tracing]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Ray tracing|Ray tracing]]''' - a technique for generating an image by tracing the path of light through pixels in an image plane and simulating the effects of its encounters with virtual objects | ||
*'''[[:Category:Whispering gallery modes|Whispering gallery modes]]''' | *'''[[:Category:Whispering gallery modes|Whispering gallery modes]]''' - where laser light is coupled into a circular waveguide and, with a perfect match between frequency and circumference, creates a resonance | ||
[[Category:Lasers,_lighting_&_electrooptics|{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:Lasers,_lighting_&_electrooptics|{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
Revision as of 04:19, 16 January 2012
Topics that deal with optics as a whole, including color, ray tracing and luminescence
Subcategories
- Brightness - the luminance of a body, separate from its hue or saturation
- Color - the visual perception by humans that derives from different spectrums of light
- Extinction coefficients - parameters that define how strongly a substance absorbs light at a given wavelength
- Four-wave mixing - an intermodulation phenomenon in optical systems whereby interactions between two wavelengths produce two extra wavelengths in a signal
- Luminescence - the emission of light from a substance not resulting from heat
- Optical crosstalk - when two or more optical communication channels interfere with other each other
- Optical design - the design of optical equipment
- Optical distortion - the deviation from rectilinear projection in light transmission
- Optical fiber applications - the uses of fiber optics
- Optical harmonic generation - the process by which photons interacting with a nonlinear material are effectively combined to form new photons with twice as much energy
- Optical losses - light which could have generated power or a signal but is dissipated or distorted
- Optical microscopy - the use of lens to magnify and focus the image of small objects
- Optical mixing - the process by which optical wavelengths mix and transform each other
- Optical polarization - the polarization of certain materials upon the application of light
- Optical pulses - short bursts of visible light
- Optical saturation - a point at which further applications of light produce no effect
- Ray tracing - a technique for generating an image by tracing the path of light through pixels in an image plane and simulating the effects of its encounters with virtual objects
- Whispering gallery modes - where laser light is coupled into a circular waveguide and, with a perfect match between frequency and circumference, creates a resonance
Pages in category "Optics"
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