Physical Optics

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• Physical optics — In physics, physical optics, or wave optics, is the branch of optics which studies interference, diffraction, polarization, and other phenomena for which the ray approximation of geometric optics is not valid. This usage tends not to include… …   Wikipedia

• physical optics — fizikinė optika statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. physical optics vok. physikalische Optik, f rus. физическая оптика, f pranc. optique physique, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• physical optics — noun plural but usually singular in construction : a branch of optics that deals with the description and explanation of all optical phenomena in terms of physical theories (as undulatory theory, electromagnetic phenomena, or quantum mechanics) * …   Useful english dictionary

• physical optics — the branch of optics concerned with the wave properties of light, the superposition of waves, the deviation of light from its rectilinear propagation in a manner other than that considered by geometrical optics, the interaction of light with… …   Universalium

• Optics Communications —   Abbreviated title (ISO) …   Wikipedia

• Optics Software for Layout and Optimization — (OSLO) is an optical design program originally developed at the University of Rochester in the 1970s. The first commercial version was produced in 1976 by Sinclair Optics. Since then, OSLO has been rewritten several times as computer technology… …   Wikipedia

• Optics — For the book by Sir Isaac Newton, see Opticks. Optical redirects here. For the musical artist, see Optical (artist). Optics includes study of dispersion of light. Optics is the branch of …   Wikipedia

• optics — /op tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision. [1605 15; < ML optica < Gk optiká, n. use of neut. pl. of OPTIKÓS; see OPTIC,… …   Universalium

• optics — Synonyms and related words: Newtonian physics, acoustics, actinology, actinometry, aerophysics, applied physics, astrophysics, basic conductor physics, biophysics, catoptrics, chemical physics, cryogenics, crystallography, cytophysics, dioptrics …   Moby Thesaurus

• physical science — physical scientist. 1. any of the natural sciences dealing with inanimate matter or with energy, as physics, chemistry, and astronomy. 2. these sciences collectively. [1835 45] * * * Introduction       the systematic study of the inorganic world …   Universalium

• Optics and Spectroscopy — is scientific journal, English version of the Russian journal Оптика и спектроскопия (optika i spektroskopiya), founded in 1956. It publishes research and review papers on a monthly basis. Covers various topics of spectroscopy of electromagnetic… …   Wikipedia