Shini talks to us about optical instruments and how they make magnification possible. How do lenses work? How do they form images? Well, in order to understand how optics work, we have to understand ...

For decades, astronomers have searched for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence using radio telescopes and optical instruments, scanning the skies for artificial signals. Now, researchers are taking ...

THE book before us is of special interest, because it is the first of several German treatises on optical subjects which were selected for translation into English by the Standing Committee on Glass ...

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 ...

HAPPENING not long ago to meet a German friend well posted up in physical literature, the present writer inquired whether any of the year's publications were specially worth getting and reading. The ...

Direct absorption spectroscopy is an absolute technique for measurement of atmospheric trace gases and aerosol extinction that has been traditionally limited in atmospheric science applications ...

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 ...

How fluorescence detection is used for in vitro diagnostics. Requirements for building an effective fluorescence-detection system. Why an integrated optical front-end receiver makes the most sense in ...