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Optical rotation — (optical activity) is the turning of the plane of linearly polarized light about the direction of motion as the light travels through certain materials. It occurs in solutions of chiral molecules such as sucrose (sugar), solids with rotated… … Wikipedia
Optical pumping — of a laser rod (bottom) with an arc lamp (top). Red: hot. Blue: cold. Green: light. Non green arrows: water flow. Solid colors: metal. Light colors: fused quartz. Refs: [1], [2] … Wikipedia
Optical telescope — Eight Inch refracting telescope (Chabot Space and Science Center) An optical telescope is a telescope which is used to gather and focus light mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum for directly viewing a magnified image for… … Wikipedia
Optical amplifier — An optical amplifier is a device that amplifies an optical signal directly, without the need to first convert it to an electrical signal. An optical amplifier may be thought of as a laser without an optical cavity, or one in which feedback from… … Wikipedia
Optical microscope — Microscope Uses Small sample observation Notable experiments Discovery of cells Inventor Hans Lippershey Zacharias Jans … Wikipedia
Optical properties of carbon nanotubes — Contents 1 Terminology 2 Electronic structure of carbon nanotube 3 Van Hove singularities … Wikipedia
Optical modulators using semiconductor nano-structures — Contents 1 Optical modulators using semiconductor nano structures 1.1 Electro optic modulator of nano structures 1.2 Acousto optic modulator of nano structures … Wikipedia
Optical parametric oscillator — Infrared optical parametric oscillator An optical parametric oscillator (OPO) is a parametric oscillator which oscillates at optical frequencies. It converts an input laser wave (called pump ) into two output waves of lower frequency (ωs,ωi) by… … Wikipedia
optical pumping — Physics, Optics. a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels. [1950 55] * * * ▪ physics in physics, the use… … Universalium
optic orientation — noun also optical orientation : the relation between the principal vibration directions of a crystal and the crystallographic axes … Useful english dictionary
