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Opticians--United States--Statistics 2 records
2 records
Opticle art--Exhibitions 1 record
1 record
We found a matching subject in our catalog for: Optics.
Optics About this subjectopen_in_new 1535 records
Broader term (in subject list):
  1. Physics (8765 records)
Narrower terms (in subject list):
  1. Aberration (49 records)
  2. Achromatism (6 records)
  3. Acoustooptics (10 records)
  4. Beam optics (28 records)
  5. Blackbody radiation (30 records)
  6. Cherenkov radiation (13 records)
  7. Classification--Books--Optics (1 record)
  8. Coherence (Optics) (58 records)
  9. Color (824 records)
  10. Diffraction (166 records)
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  1. Dispersion (139 records)
  2. Electron optics (97 records)
  3. Electrooptics (85 records)
  4. Focal planes (8 records)
  5. Fourier transform optics (28 records)
  6. Geometrical optics (251 records)
  7. Grazing incidence (4 records)
  8. Information theory in optics (0 records)
  9. Interference (Light) (62 records)
  10. Invisibility (10 records)
  11. Kerr effect (7 records)
  12. Light deflectors (1 record)
  13. Light filters (29 records)
  14. Light, Corpuscular theory of (6 records)
  15. Magnetooptics (48 records)
  16. Micro-optics (6 records)
  17. Microscopy (863 records)
  18. Neutron optics (11 records)
  19. Nonlinear optics (438 records)
  20. Opacity (Optics) (7 records)
  21. Optical transfer function (18 records)
  22. Perspective (746 records)
  23. Photonics (955 records)
  24. Photoplasticity (0 records)
  25. Physical optics (275 records)
  26. Physiological optics (204 records)
  27. Polarization (Light) (177 records)
  28. Quantum optics (564 records)
  29. Reflection (Optics) (91 records)
  30. Refraction (135 records)
  31. Space optics (7 records)
  32. Speckle (9 records)
  33. Spectral irradiance (12 records)
  34. Spectrum analysis (2801 records)
  35. Transparency (28 records)
  36. Visibility (68 records)
  37. Wave theory of light (89 records)
1535 records
Optics--1801-1900 3 records
3 records
Optics--1890 1 record
1 record
Optics--1901- 2 records
2 records
Optics--19th century 1 record
1 record
Optics, Adaptive About this subjectopen_in_new 51 records
Broader term (in subject list):
  1. Aberration (49 records)
Narrower terms (in subject list):
  1. Image stabilization (3 records)
  2. Laser guide star adaptive optics (2 records)
  3. Tunable lasers (24 records)
  4. Tunable microlenses (2 records)
51 records
Optics, Adaptive--Congresses About this subjectopen_in_new 275 records
275 records
Optics, Adaptive--Design and construction--Congresses 11 records
11 records
Optics, Adaptive--Handbooks, manuals, etc 1 record
1 record
Optics, Adaptive--History 3 records
3 records
Optics, Adaptive--Humor 2 records
2 records
Optics, Adaptive--Industrial applications--Congresses 2 records
2 records
Optics, Adaptive--Laser observations 1 record
1 record
Optics, Adaptive--Research--United States--History 2 records
2 records
Optics, Adaptive--Technological innovations--Congresses 5 records
5 records
Optics, Adaptive--United States--Congresses 1 record
1 record
Optics, Adaptive--Wave-length--Congresses 4 records
4 records
Optics and art About this subjectopen_in_new 5 records
Broader term (in subject list):
  1. Art (5559 records)
5 records

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