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 ...

PROGRESS in nearly every branch of scientific investigation is dependent on the provision of suitable measuring apparatus. As the science develops, an ever-increasing degree of accuracy of measurement ...

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, cell phone cameras, and orbiting cameras. In this online engineering specialization, you will learn to ...

A research team from the University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Ehime University, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has succeeded in conducting the first, full-scale scientific ...

Optical instruments are how we see the world, from corrective eyewear to medical endoscopes to cell phone cameras to orbiting telescopes. The first order optical system design covered in the previous ...