Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Probably many Wikipedia articles on topics in optics are not yet listed on this page. If you cannot find the topic you are interested in on this page, the article may nonetheless exist; you can try to find it using the "Search" box. If you find that it exists, you can edit this page to add a link to it. If you click on "Related changes" at the side of this page, you will see a list of the most recent changes in articles to which this page links. This page links to itself in order that changes to this page can be tracked by the same means. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Abbe number -- aberration in optical systems -- absorption -- active laser medium -- afterglow -- airglow -- Airy disk -- albedo -- Alexander's band -- alpenglow -- angle of incidence -- angle of reflection -- asterism -- atomic, molecular, and optical physics -- auroral light -- aventurescence -- B Beer-Lambert law -- binoculars -- birefringence -- black body radiation -- Brewster's angle -- brightness temperature -- C camera -- camera lens -- camera lucida -- camera obscura -- cathodoluminescence -- caustics -- chatoyancy -- chromatic aberration -- chromatic polarization -- chromaticity diagram -- coherence length -- coherence (physics) -- coherence time - color -- colorimetry -- color science -- confocal -- confocal laser scanning microscopy -- Cooke Triplet -- corner reflector -- critical angle -- crystal optics -- D dichroic filter -- diffraction -- diffraction grating -- diffractive optics -- dispersion (optics) -- double refraction -- double-slit experiment -- E EDFA -- electroluminescence -- electromagnetic radiation -- electromagnetic wave -- electronic displays (science of) -- elve -- etalon -- eye -- F f-number -- fabrication and testing (optical components) -- fata Morgana -- Fermat's principle -- fiber amplifier -- fiber optics -- fluorescence -- focal length -- Fourier optics -- Fraunhofer line -- Augustin-Jean Fresnel -- Fresnel equations -- Fresnel lens -- Fresnel reflection -- Fresnel zone -- G gegenschein -- glory (rainbow) -- [glossary of fiber optic terms]] -- gradient index lens -- gradient index optics -- guided-wave optics -- H Haidinger's brush -- halo (optical phenomenon) -- Helium-neon laser -- history of lensmaking -- holography -- human visual system -- Huygens' principle -- I illumination engineering -- image processing -- information theory -- integrated optics -- interference -- interferometry -- inverse-square law -- iridescence -- J Jones calculus -- K Kerr cell -- knife-edge effect -- L laser -- laser construction -- laser applications -- lens -- lens coating -- light -- light bulb -- light-emitting diode -- light meter -- liquid-crystal display -- list of indices of refraction -- M material science - optical properties -- metamerism -- Michelson-Morley experiment -- micro-optics -- microphotonics -- microscope -- Mie scattering -- mirage -- mirror -- modelocking -- modern optics -- monocular -- N Newton's rings -- non-imaging optics -- nonlinear optics -- normal lens -- numerical aperture -- O optical bench -- optical communication systems -- optical computer -- optical data storage (science of) -- optical depth -- optical engineering -- optical fiber -- optical illusion -- optical instruments -- optical lens design -- optical modeling and simulation methods -- optical path length -- optical pattern recognition -- optical phenomenon -- optical processor -- optics -- P pattern recognition -- phase (waves) -- phosphorescence -- photodiode -- photoelectric effect -- photographic lens -- photography (science of) -- photometry -- photomultiplier -- photon -- photonic crystal -- photonics -- photoresistor -- physical optics -- pleochorism -- polarization -- Polaroid -- population inversion -- prism (optics) -- Q Q-switching -- quantum optics -- R radiometry -- rainbow -- Raman amplification -- Raman amplifier -- Rayleigh criterion -- Rayleigh scattering -- ray tracing -- ray transfer matrix analysis -- reflecting telescope -- reflection (optics) -- refracting telescope -- refraction -- reflection coefficient -- refractive index -- retroreflector -- S scattering -- Sellmeier equation -- Willebrord Snell -- Snell's law -- speckle pattern -- speckle interferometry -- spectroscopy -- speed of light -- spontaneous emission -- sprite (optical phenomenon) -- statistical optics -- stereoscopy -- stimulated emission -- Stokes parameters -- sun dog -- sylvanshine -- synchrotron radiation -- T telescope -- thermal physics - radiative heat transfer -- thin-film optics -- total internal reflection -- transparency (optics) -- U ultraviolet catastrophe -- Umov effect -- W wavelength -- wavelength division multiplexing -- wide-angle lens -- Z Zeeman effect -- Zeiss Tessar -- zodiacal light -- zone plate -- zoom lens -- This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.