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  2. Surface imperfections (optics) - Wikipedia

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    David Aikens, director of Optics and Electro-Optics Standards Council, [9] presented a recommended conversion chart that preserves the level of quality control, or percent fall, in ISO scratch & dig testing versus the military standard. For example 5/2x0.40; L 3 x0.010 is a statistically-equivalent standard to 60-40 of the strict military ...

  3. Cardinal point (optics) - Wikipedia

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    In optics, surface vertices are the points where each optical surface crosses the optical axis. They are important primarily because they are physically measurable parameters for the optical element positions, and so the positions of the cardinal points of the optical system must be known with respect to the surface vertices to describe the system.

  4. Waveguide (optics) - Wikipedia

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    The basic principles behind optical waveguides can be described using the concepts of geometrical or ray optics, as illustrated in the diagram. Light passing into a medium with higher refractive index bends toward the normal by the process of refraction (Figure a.). Take, for example, light passing from air into glass.

  5. Etendue - Wikipedia

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    Etendue for a differential surface element in 2D (left) and 3D (right).. An infinitesimal surface element, dS, with normal n S is immersed in a medium of refractive index n.The surface is crossed by (or emits) light confined to a solid angle, dΩ, at an angle θ with the normal n S.

  6. Optical transfer function - Wikipedia

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    This gives rise to the interesting observation that, for example, a standard definition television picture derived from a film scanner that uses oversampling, as described later, may appear sharper than a high definition picture shot on a camera with a poor modulation transfer function. The two pictures show an interesting difference that is ...

  7. Fiducial marker - Wikipedia

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    For example, a fiducial printed on one page of an augmented reality popup book would identify the page to allow the system to select the augmentation content. It would also serve to moor the coordinates of the augmented content to the three dimensional location, orientation and scale of the open book, helping to create a stable and accurate ...

  8. Diaphragm (optics) - Wikipedia

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    In optics, a diaphragm is a thin opaque structure with an opening at its center. The role of the diaphragm is to stop the passage of light, except for the light passing through the aperture . Thus it is also called a stop (an aperture stop , if it limits the brightness of light reaching the focal plane, or a field stop or flare stop for other ...

  9. Photometry (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Photometry is a branch of optics that deals with measuring light in terms of its perceived brightness to the human eye. [1] It is concerned with quantifying the amount of light that is emitted, transmitted, or received by an object or a system.