collimated — adjective of light beams whose rays are parallel and thus has a plane wavefront 2008. Wolf Rayet stars are also argued to give rise to gamma ray bursts, a related but rare class of explosions characterized by highly collimated relativistic jets.… … Wiktionary
Collimated light — In the lower picture, the light has been collimated. Collimated light is light whose rays are parallel, and therefore will spread slowly as it propagates. The word is related to collinear and implies light that does not disperse with distance… … Wikipedia
collimated — col·li·mate || kÉ’lɪmeɪt v. set parallel lines; accurately adjust a measuring device … English contemporary dictionary
Lens (optics) — For other uses, see Lens. A lens. Lenses can be used to focus light. A lens is an optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which tra … Wikipedia
Reticle — Crosshairs redirects here. For the fictional characters in Transformers, see Crosshairs (Transformers). A comparison of different reticles used in telescopic sights. The lower right represents a reticle found in the scope of a Russian SVD sniper… … Wikipedia
Flight simulator — [ twinjet flight simulator] A flight simulator is a system that tries to copy, or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft. It is as realistic as possible. The different types of flight simulator range from video games up to full size… … Wikipedia
Monochromator — in a x ray beamline at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory. A monochromator is an optical device that transmits a mechanically selectable narrow band of wavelengths of light or other radiation chosen from a wider range of… … Wikipedia
Collimator — Example of a particle collimator A collimator is a device that narrows a beam of particles or waves. To narrow can mean either to cause the directions of motion to become more aligned in a specific direction (i.e., collimated or parallel) or to… … Wikipedia
Focus (optics) — An image that is partially in focus, but mostly out of focus in varying degrees. In geometrical optics, a focus, also called an image point, is the point where light rays originating from a point on the object converge.[1] Although the focus is… … Wikipedia
Laser safety — A typical laser warning symbol. Laser safety is safe design, use and implementation of lasers to minimize the risk of laser accidents, especially those involving eye injuries. Since even relatively small amounts of laser light can lead to… … Wikipedia
