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We have fabricated a bifocal miniature torodial mirror that horizontally and vertically focuses to
two different locations to provide a smaller footprint of beam for grazing-incidence wide-angle...
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(Optoelectronics)
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An X-ray shielded test chamber has been designed and built that includes a CCD-pinhole
camera and energy-dispersive silicon PIN-diode detector for spectrum collection. The
use of this chamber is an...
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DuraBeryllium Plus windows successfully withstand continuous exposure to heated water as well as to other chemicals. A series of tests were completed on DuraBeryllium windows as seen in the test...
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Light changes direction as it passes from one medium to
another because of refraction. The orientation of the
polarization will also necessarily change in order to
preserve orthogonality of the...
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The guidelines below must be strictly followed in
order to prevent damage to the window.
Do NOT touch the window surface with anything, including a cotton swab or
soft brush. Physical abrasion can...
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(Optoelectronics)
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We developed a 5.5 inch, VGA (640×480×RGB), stereoscopic
3D display using a precisely patterned wire grid polarizer (WGP)
with rows of alternating polarization angle. Such a wire grid
polarizer is...
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(Light Sources)
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End-window transmission-target X-ray tubes are designed for very close anode-to-sample coupling for compact portable XRF instruments. Several recent improvements have been achieved to make these tubes...
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(Optoelectronics)
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End-window transmission-target X-ray tubes are designed for very close anode-to-sample
coupling for compact portable XRF instruments. Several recent improvements have been
achieved to make these tubes...
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(Transistors)
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In JFETs designed primarily for silicon drift detectors and Si(Li) detectors,
the reset transistor is configured as shown in Figure 1, with the base
shorted to the source, the collector shorted to the...
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(Optoelectronics)
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To gain a better understanding and measure of miniature x-ray sources so that performance can be optimized in your application....
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(Light Sources)
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The electron field-emission properties of carbon nanotubes enable the fabrication of cold
cathodes for a variety of vacuum device applications. The utilization of these cathodes is
an attractive...
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(Optical Components)
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Wire-grid polarizers are now available for broadband visible
applications. This type of polarizer is very attractive for
projection display applications because of its high efficiency, high
contrast,...
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(Transistors)
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A junction gate field-effect transistor (JFET) is the simplest
type of field effect transistor. This device can be used as an
electronically-controlled switch or as a voltage-controlled
resistor.
In a...
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(Optical Components)
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Measuring performance of a polarizer requires care and
attention to detail if precision is desired, particularly when
measuring high-contrast polarizers. This paper discusses
the impact of...
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(Optical Components)
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In any liquid crystal panel projector, the quality of the projected
image depends on the polarization efficiency of the polarizers
used in the optical system. ProFlux™ wire grid polarizers...
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(Optoelectronics)
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A polarizing cube beamsplitter (MacNeille Prism2 as shown in
Figure 1.) is the familiar choice for this key function. Optical engineers
have
accepted the
weaknesses of
the cube PBS
because there
did...
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(Light Sources)
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A test bench instrument constructed at Moxtek, Inc. is capable of simultaneously capturing x-ray diffraction (XRD) and x-ray fluorescence (XRF) information using a charge-coupled device (CCD) as the...
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(Optical Components)
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Measurement of polarizer performance is an essential step
in selecting and troubleshooting the polarizing components
in optical systems. To draw appropriate conclusions,
however, it is important to...
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(Optoelectronics)
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Each year the Society awards the Display of the Year Award to
several leading edge display devices or technologies that provide
innovative solutions to an information display need. The
following paper...
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(Optical Components)
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We studied the optical performance of reflective wire grid
polarizer designed for visible light. The polarizer reflects Epolarization
and transmits H-polarization with low losses. When
used in a...
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