``Interaction-free`` imaging - Vienna Center for Quantum Science and
... IFM’s exceeds one-half and in principle can be made arbitrarily close to unity, i.e., the probability of absorption can be made arbitrarily close to zero. In an experiment using a high- ...
... IFM’s exceeds one-half and in principle can be made arbitrarily close to unity, i.e., the probability of absorption can be made arbitrarily close to zero. In an experiment using a high- ...
Optical Resonators and Mode Matching
... laser, optical resonators are used in sensors such as the laser gyroscope, and they are used extensively in optical precision measurements, to name merely a few applications. Indeed the optical resonator plays a ubiquitous role in modern optics and it is for this reason that it is chosen as a subjec ...
... laser, optical resonators are used in sensors such as the laser gyroscope, and they are used extensively in optical precision measurements, to name merely a few applications. Indeed the optical resonator plays a ubiquitous role in modern optics and it is for this reason that it is chosen as a subjec ...
Fabrication of concave silicon micro-mirrors
... controlled, unlike the random mirror fabrication by trapping bubbles in borosilicate [6]. The diameters may be very well controlled as well since it does not increase further once the two etch fronts meet under the irradiated Si annulus. The accuracy in determining both the location and diameters of ...
... controlled, unlike the random mirror fabrication by trapping bubbles in borosilicate [6]. The diameters may be very well controlled as well since it does not increase further once the two etch fronts meet under the irradiated Si annulus. The accuracy in determining both the location and diameters of ...
Paraxial Optics
... subject.[12–16] The paraxial approximation explains how light propagates along an optical system when rays are close to the optical axis. Roughly speaking, paraxial optics applies when the transversal size is small compared with the longitudinal size of the objects, images, and constructive paramete ...
... subject.[12–16] The paraxial approximation explains how light propagates along an optical system when rays are close to the optical axis. Roughly speaking, paraxial optics applies when the transversal size is small compared with the longitudinal size of the objects, images, and constructive paramete ...
Low-Temperature Bonding for Silicon-Based Micro
... Several methods of low process complicity were developed to improve passive alignment accuracy. In the first method [53], the challenge in the planar alignment due to height differences of the optical components has been addressed. Firstly, the optical source and detector are mounted on a planar sub ...
... Several methods of low process complicity were developed to improve passive alignment accuracy. In the first method [53], the challenge in the planar alignment due to height differences of the optical components has been addressed. Firstly, the optical source and detector are mounted on a planar sub ...
incoherent
... The resolution question [Rayleigh, 1879]: when do we cease to be able to resolve the two point sources (i.e., tell them apart) due to the blurring introduced in the image by the finite (NA)? MIT 2.71/2.710 Optics 11/10/04 wk10-b-34 ...
... The resolution question [Rayleigh, 1879]: when do we cease to be able to resolve the two point sources (i.e., tell them apart) due to the blurring introduced in the image by the finite (NA)? MIT 2.71/2.710 Optics 11/10/04 wk10-b-34 ...
Calculation of vectorial three-dimensional transfer
... this method is particularly inadequate, because fast Fourier transform algorithms can not be used efficiently. Alternatively, the OTF can be expressed as the correlation or convolution of the vector components of the pupil function. In two dimensions numerical correlation yields the two-dimensional ...
... this method is particularly inadequate, because fast Fourier transform algorithms can not be used efficiently. Alternatively, the OTF can be expressed as the correlation or convolution of the vector components of the pupil function. In two dimensions numerical correlation yields the two-dimensional ...
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes
... array, e.g. frequency selective surfaces (for use with wavelengths longer than the infra-red light H01Q 15/0006)} Definition statement This place covers: Filters in which the spectral filtering is performed by a conductive grid or mesh. The background is that for microwave optics, there has long exi ...
... array, e.g. frequency selective surfaces (for use with wavelengths longer than the infra-red light H01Q 15/0006)} Definition statement This place covers: Filters in which the spectral filtering is performed by a conductive grid or mesh. The background is that for microwave optics, there has long exi ...
Fraunhofer Diffraction
... • The edges of optical images are blurred by diffraction, and this represents a fundamental limitation on the resolution of an optical imaging system. • There is no physical difference between the phenomena of interference and diffraction, both result from the superposition of light waves. Diffracti ...
... • The edges of optical images are blurred by diffraction, and this represents a fundamental limitation on the resolution of an optical imaging system. • There is no physical difference between the phenomena of interference and diffraction, both result from the superposition of light waves. Diffracti ...
Fabry-Perot Interferometer
... • With an output power of 2.5 mW, the He-Ne laser is classified as a class 3B laser. The laser provides a temperature-dependent doublet emission line around 632.8 nm whose components are linearly polarized in perpendicular directions. • Three pairs of mirrors are provided, two spherical sets with ra ...
... • With an output power of 2.5 mW, the He-Ne laser is classified as a class 3B laser. The laser provides a temperature-dependent doublet emission line around 632.8 nm whose components are linearly polarized in perpendicular directions. • Three pairs of mirrors are provided, two spherical sets with ra ...
Nonlinear optics in daily life
... Practical optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) have come of age with the advent of ultrashort pulses for high peak power, new and effective nonlinear crystals, and periodic poling for phase-matching. Robust, turn-key and/or computer-operated, OPO’s are now widely used for spectroscopy, as pointed o ...
... Practical optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) have come of age with the advent of ultrashort pulses for high peak power, new and effective nonlinear crystals, and periodic poling for phase-matching. Robust, turn-key and/or computer-operated, OPO’s are now widely used for spectroscopy, as pointed o ...
Laser-Assisted Dynamics on Metallic Surfaces using
... Schematic of experimental setup for finding temporal overlap when the IR pulse wavelength is different than 780 nm. In this case we use of the optical Kerr effect to find time zero. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
... Schematic of experimental setup for finding temporal overlap when the IR pulse wavelength is different than 780 nm. In this case we use of the optical Kerr effect to find time zero. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Assessing the Contributions of Surface Waves and Complex Rays to
... TE or TM partial-wave scattering amplitude may be interpreted as diffraction of the corresponding spherical multipole wave or its reflection by the sphere surface (p = 0) or as transmission through the sphere (p = 1) or transmission after making p - 1 internal reflections (p Ž 2). Expressed in this ...
... TE or TM partial-wave scattering amplitude may be interpreted as diffraction of the corresponding spherical multipole wave or its reflection by the sphere surface (p = 0) or as transmission through the sphere (p = 1) or transmission after making p - 1 internal reflections (p Ž 2). Expressed in this ...
Chapter 3 - Optoelectronics Research Centre
... The quality of the HF end cut could be assessed either by illuminating it with a white light source, and observing it under a microscope, or by coupling in laser light and observing the radiation pattern on a monitor. A circularly symmetric and uniform pattern essentially implies a good cleave. To s ...
... The quality of the HF end cut could be assessed either by illuminating it with a white light source, and observing it under a microscope, or by coupling in laser light and observing the radiation pattern on a monitor. A circularly symmetric and uniform pattern essentially implies a good cleave. To s ...
Unfolding ray trace for plates and wedges - E
... Plates and wedges are generally used facewise as windows, beam splitters, to displace images and beams, and for changing the polarization as well as the direction of rays and focal distances in optical systems, and also, as second and multiple reflection mirrors and some other applications [1,2]. Th ...
... Plates and wedges are generally used facewise as windows, beam splitters, to displace images and beams, and for changing the polarization as well as the direction of rays and focal distances in optical systems, and also, as second and multiple reflection mirrors and some other applications [1,2]. Th ...
High-Q Microresonators as Lasing Elements for Silicon Photonics
... processing advice; and Joe Haggerty at the aero shop for help in designing the many necessary machined parts. I would also like to thank the many people who gave me so much indirect help during my graduate career, even if it was just someone to talk to: Raviv Perahia, Orion Crisafulli, Jessie Rosenb ...
... processing advice; and Joe Haggerty at the aero shop for help in designing the many necessary machined parts. I would also like to thank the many people who gave me so much indirect help during my graduate career, even if it was just someone to talk to: Raviv Perahia, Orion Crisafulli, Jessie Rosenb ...
Detection of Fluorescence from Single Molecules
... LA B O VE RV IE W The goal of this lab is to align and use an optical detection system that excites fluorescent molecules with laser light and detects the resulting emission with single fluorophore resolution. The system is based around a commercial inverted microscope, though the excitation laser ...
... LA B O VE RV IE W The goal of this lab is to align and use an optical detection system that excites fluorescent molecules with laser light and detects the resulting emission with single fluorophore resolution. The system is based around a commercial inverted microscope, though the excitation laser ...