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  2. Prism correction - Wikipedia

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    Prism correction is measured in prism dioptres. A prescription that specifies prism correction will also specify the "base". The base is the thickest part of the lens and is opposite from the apex. Light will be bent towards the base and the image will be shifted towards the apex.

  3. Liquid-crystal display - Wikipedia

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    A liquid-crystal display ( LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly [1] but instead use a backlight or reflector to produce images in color or monochrome.

  4. Surface plasmon resonance - Wikipedia

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    Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is a phenomenon that occurs where electrons in a thin metal sheet become excited by light that is directed to the sheet with a particular angle of incidence, and then travel parallel to the sheet. Assuming a constant light source wavelength and that the metal sheet is thin, the angle of incidence that triggers ...

  5. Geometrical optics - Wikipedia

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    The first equation is known as the eikonal equation, which determines the eikonal is a Hamilton–Jacobi equation, written for example in Cartesian coordinates becomes ( ∂ S ∂ x ) 2 + ( ∂ S ∂ y ) 2 + ( ∂ S ∂ z ) 2 = n 2 . {\displaystyle \left({\frac {\partial S}{\partial x}}\right)^{2}+\left({\frac {\partial S}{\partial y}}\right ...

  6. Lens - Wikipedia

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    A burning apparatus consisting of two biconvex lens. A lens is a transmissive optical device that focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction.A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (elements), usually arranged along a common axis.

  7. Surface plasmon polariton - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, coupling of photons into SPPs can be achieved using a coupling medium such as a prism or grating to match the photon and SPP wave vectors (and thus match their momenta). A prism can be positioned against a thin metal film in the Kretschmann configuration or very close to a metal surface in the Otto configuration (Figure 1).

  8. Gibbs isotherm - Wikipedia

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    Gibbs isotherm. The Gibbs adsorption isotherm for multicomponent systems is an equation used to relate the changes in concentration of a component in contact with a surface with changes in the surface tension, which results in a corresponding change in surface energy.

  9. Phosphorescence - Wikipedia

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    Equation S 0 + h ν → S 1 → T 1 → S 0 + h ν ′ {\displaystyle S_{0}+h u \to S_{1}\to T_{1}\to S_{0}+h u ^{\prime }\ } where S is a singlet and T a triplet whose subscripts denote states (0 is the ground state, and 1 the excited state).

  10. Esophoria - Wikipedia

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    Esophoria is an eye condition involving inward deviation of the eye, usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance. It is a type of heterophoria. Cause. Causes include: Refractive errors; Divergence insufficiency; Convergence excess; this can be due to nerve, muscle, congenital or mechanical anomalies.

  11. Segregation (materials science) - Wikipedia

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    In liquid solutions, chemical gradients exist near second phases and surfaces due to combinations of chemical and electrical effects. Segregation which occurs in well-equilibrated systems due to the instrinsic chemical properties of the system is termed equilibrium segregation.