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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A career in optical physics or engineering means knowing about the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and its detection by instruments. Since the discovery that ...

MKS Inc., a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, has announced the Newport™ 1940-R and 2940-R ...

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 ...

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 ...