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Topic: Optical

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 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Alexander Bell
Favorite body part(s):Eyes,  Ears
Favorite possession(s):Camcorder,  Digital camera,  Stereo system
Favorite book(s):"Maximum Internet Security: A Hackers Guide" by Net Sams
Currently has on their coffee table:New Scientist
Favorite great thinker(s):Ampere,  Christian Huygens,  Sir Isaac Newton
Interest(s):Physics,  Astronomy,  Computers
Favorite computer game(s):Ultima Series
Likes to wear:Sunglasses,  Digital watch
Favorite quote(s):"There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C. A. R. Hoare
"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away." - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands
 
 
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John Fielding,
CEO

Photonics Briefing Objective The fiber optics and optical network industry is going through a period of extraordinary growth that is expected to continue into the future.
Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

Our optical design software allows us to computer optimize lenses for maximum performance.
Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator

Optical SETI is the search for visible or infrared signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.
Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

The launch of its new optical monitoring devices offers a means of providing an optical tap coupler within the body of a standard fiber optic connector.
The distribution network consists of fiber optic and coaxial cables and associated optical and electronic equipment which take the original signal from the headend and transmit it throughout the cable system.
Optical Product Development specializes in optical design and OEM optical assemblies, and can be the single source for all of your optical design and custom lens needs.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

Unless there is external optical feedback or a very sophisticated electronic feedback there is no way that a 780 nm CD laser would have a linewidth of 10s of kHz.
There are two optical sensors available for optimum integration with a laptop or AAC device.
Since optical scanning requires little user interaction, laser digitizing can be outsourced to commercial scanning services.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

We are developing optical diagnostics for quantitative measurement of hydroxy radical and sulfur dioxide using ultraviolet lasers and wavelength modulation methods.
Quantum Optics is the study of radiation and matter in the optical wavelength domain, where sophisticated advances in laser technology enable tests of fundamental physical questions with unprecedented precision.
Optical transfer functions are calculated by use of Jones matrices and experiments are simulated by numerical methods in order to analyze complex problems in polarization optics including propagation of error parameters.
 
 
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