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Optics

Known as: Optical, optic, science of light and vision 
The branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light and the interaction of light with matter.
National Institutes of Health

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BirefringenceFiber Optic TechnologyInterferometryTomography, Optical
Lens, CrystallineLight, VisibleMicroscopyPhotochemotherapy

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Laser Speckle and Hydrogen Gas Clearance Measurements of Optic Nerve Circulation in Albino and Pigmented Rabbits With or Without Optic Disc Atrophy
Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan Department of Retinal Disease Control… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
RADIAL OPTIC NEUROTOMY FOR CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION: Results of the Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group (PACORES)
Objective: To evaluate the complications after radial optic neurotomy (RON) for central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). Methods… 
2008
2008
A 3MPixel Multi-Aperture Image Sensor with 0.7μm Pixels in 0.11μm CMOS
In this paper we describe the first complete MA-imager chip comprising a 166x76 array of 16x16, 0.7mum pixel FT-CCD apertures… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Enhanced spectral broadening of short laser pulses in high-numerical-aperture holey fibers
Abstract.The influence of the structure of holey-fiber cladding on the spectral broadening of femtosecond laser pulses is… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Sol−Gel Materials for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics
Sol−gel processing of new materials for second-order nonlinear optics promises to be a simple and highly versatile synthetic… 
1991
1991
All optical, high contrast absorptive modulation in an asymmetric Fabry-Perot étalon
We report a 27:1 switching contrast ratio with 2.5 mW of power in an asymmetric Fabry–Perot etalon. The modulation is achieved by… 
1971
1971
Experimental cyanide optic neuropathy.
Sodium cyanide intoxication of rats produced demyelinative and necrotic lesions in the corpora callosa in 70% and the optic… 
1970
1970
Similarities between congenital tritan defects and dominant optic-nerve atrophy: coincidence or identity?
Dominant inherited optic atrophy is usually a stationary disorder with typical findings of optic-nerve pallor, abnormal distance… 
1963
1963
BONE CHANGES IN ORBITAL NEUROFIBROMATOSIS.
Neurofibromatous involvement of the orbit and visual apparatus produces a distinctive (but not specific) radiological pattern… 
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
INFANTILE SUBACUTE NECROTIZING EXCEPHALOPATHY WITH PREDILECTION FOR THE BRAIN STEM
Much progress has been made during the past quarter century in the clarifi­ cation of the diseases encountered in the brains of… 
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