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Introduction to Adaptive Optics Anyone who has ever driven down the road on a hot day has probably noticed steam radiating off the pavement. However, if you looked closely enough, the steam was actually ...

Introduction to Motion Control Instrumentation Motion control is the combination of mechanics and electronics to regulate the position, speed and acceleration of moving parts in a controlled manner. It is ...

Introduction to Spectroscopy Imaging We have discussed many applications of spectrometers, but how do we attain the final spectral image to analyze? Spectrometers contain varying types of imaging systems ...

Introduction to Prisms Even as early as in the 13th century, six-sided crystals of natural quartz were used to generate rainbows. In the late 1660s, people believed that color was a mixture of lightness ...

Introduction to Optical Parametric Oscillators In 1961, Peter Franken and his group at the University of Michigan were the first to use  nonlinear materials to produce optical harmonics. This method ...

Forensic science has come a long way since the 700s, when the Chinese first established the concept of utilizing fingerprints as means of identification. Since then, technology in photonics and optics ...

Introduction to Human Breath Analysis Linus Pauling discovered modern human breath analysis in 1971 when he demonstrated that human breath has more than 200 different volatile organic compounds, proving ...

LEONI FIBER OPTICS – WHAT DO WE SPECIALIZE IN? LEONI Fiber Optics, Inc., (LFOI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of LEONI Fiber Optics GmbH, which is a turn key Business Unit of the LEONI Industry & ...

An Acousto-Optic tunable filter (AOTF) is a pass-band transmission filter, which exploits the acousto-optic interaction inside an anisotropic medium. AOTF is generally fabricated in Tellurium Dioxide, ...