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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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Review
2011
Review
2011
Transformation optics and metamaterials
We review recent progress in developing a new class of specially designed optical metamaterial spaces with functionalities that… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Compensation of corneal aberrations by the internal optics in the human eye.
The objective was to study the relative contribution of the optical aberrations of the cornea and the internal ocular optics… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Giant birefringent optics in multilayer polymer mirrors
Multilayer mirrors that maintain or increase their reflectivity with increasing incidence angle can be constructed using polymers… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Low (Sub-1-volt) halfwave voltage polymeric electro-optic modulators achieved by controlling chromophore shape
Electro-optic (EO) modulators encode electrical signals onto fiber optic transmissions. High drive voltages limit gain and noise… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Free-space electro-optics sampling of mid-infrared pulses
We report on the coherent detection of ultra-broadband mid-infrared electromagnetic pulses using a 30-μm-thick ZnTe electro-optic… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Handbook of optics
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Integrated optics: Theory and technology
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
The immunocytochemical localization of enkephalin in the central nervous system of the rat
The immunocytochemical localization of enkephalin‐like immunoreactivity (ELI) throughout the rat central nervous system (CNS) was… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Light transmission optics
Light transmission optics , Light transmission optics , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی 
Review
1967
Review
1967
Geometrical and Physical Optics
Introduction to OpticsGeometric and Physical Optics LaboratoryMechanical Waves, Sound, Light, Geometric and Physical… 
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