PROGRESS in nearly every branch of scientific investigation is dependent on the provision of suitable measuring apparatus. As the science develops, an ever-increasing degree of accuracy of measurement ...

IN his Thomas Young Oration of the Physical Society on December 6, Prof. Charles Fabry discussed “Vision in Optical Instruments”. Classical theory gives the resolving power of an optical instrument as ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed the successful launch of “EarthCARE”, its joint venture with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that is expected to provide a new level of ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, PA, Aug. 13, 2008 – ABB, a power and automation technology company, today announced the launch of a new generation of magneto optical current transducer (MOCT-P) optical instrument ...

Astronomy has always relied on optical instruments, from the early Galilean telescope to fiber-fed spectrographs, so much so that astronomy and modern optics are called astrophotonics. Since ...

The international optical and photonic components market reached over $300 billion in 2020. Optical processing starts with raw materials and finishes with finely crafted optical components. The ...

A research team from the University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Ehime University, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has succeeded in conducting the first, full-scale scientific ...

The LambdaCommander Optical Spectrum Processor offers designers a new method for processing optical signals for design or analysis. Applications include fiber-optic sensing, optical telecommunications ...

Optical instruments are how we see the world, from corrective eyewear to medical endoscopes to cell phone cameras to orbiting telescopes. This course extends what you have learned about first-order, ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology has received a $2 million federal grant to create tools that will provide the clearest three-dimensional images yet of ...

Optical instruments are how we see the world, from corrective eyewear to medical endoscopes, cell phone cameras, and orbiting cameras. In this online engineering specialization, you will learn to ...