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  2. Piston (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Piston and tilt are not actually true optical aberrations, as they do not represent or model curvature in the wavefront. Defocus is the lowest order true optical aberration. If piston and tilt are subtracted from an otherwise perfect wavefront, a perfect, aberration-free image is formed.

  3. Tilt (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Piston and tilt are not actually true optical aberrations, as they do not represent or model curvature in the wavefront. Defocus is the lowest order true optical aberration. If piston and tilt are subtracted from an otherwise perfect wavefront, a perfect, aberration-free image is formed. Rapid optical tilts in both X and Y directions are termed ...

  4. Photonic integrated circuit - Wikipedia

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    This design achieves high optical transmission ratios with precise angle control, addressing critical challenges in miniaturizing optoelectronic devices for improved performance in PICs. In this structure, both lateral and vertical fabrication technologies are combined, introducing a novel approach that merges two- dimensional designs [ 21 ...

  5. Optical aberration - Wikipedia

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    In addition to these aberrations, piston and tilt are effects which shift the position of the focal point. Piston and tilt are not true optical aberrations, since when an otherwise perfect wavefront is altered by piston and tilt, it will still form a perfect, aberration-free image, only shifted to a different position.

  6. Optoelectronics - Wikipedia

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    Optoelectronics (or optronics) is the study and application of electronic devices and systems that find, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. In this context, light often includes invisible forms of radiation such as gamma rays , X-rays , ultraviolet and infrared , in addition to visible light.

  7. Optical transfer function - Wikipedia

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    The optical transfer function is used by optical engineers to describe how the optics project light from the object or scene onto a photographic film, detector array, retina, screen, or simply the next item in the optical transmission chain. Formally, the optical transfer function is defined as the Fourier transform of the point spread function ...

  8. Optical transistor - Wikipedia

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    An optical transistor, also known as an optical switch or a light valve, is a device that switches or amplifies optical signals.Light occurring on an optical transistor's input changes the intensity of light emitted from the transistor's output while output power is supplied by an additional optical source.

  9. Optical cross-connect - Wikipedia

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    An optical cross-connect (OXC) is a device used by telecommunications carriers to switch high-speed optical signals in a fiber optic network, such as an optical mesh network. In the 1980s, when transmission speeds supported by optical fibers increased from 45 Mbit/s to 2.5 Gbit/s , carrier networks developed and introduced digital cross ...