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    Collimated beam (redirect from Collimation)
    or autocollimator. Collimation can also be tested using a shearing interferometer, which is often used to test laser collimation. "Decollimation" is...
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  • devices rely on collimation instead. Laboratory SAXS instruments can be divided into two main groups: point-collimation and line-collimation instruments:...
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    lithography. It also allows a laser beam to stay narrow over great distances (collimation), a feature used in applications such as laser pointers, lidar, and free-space...
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    A monochromator is an optical device that transmits a mechanically selectable narrow band of wavelengths of light or other radiation chosen from a wider...
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    means to observe interference and to use this phenomenon to test the collimation of light beams, especially from laser sources which have a coherence...
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    Slide projector light generation and collimation system: from left to right, mirror / reflector, bulb, condenser lens 1, green-tinted heat-absorbing glass...
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    adjustment. Collimation error The optical axis of the telescope must also be perpendicular to the horizontal axis; if not, then a collimation error exists...
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  • line of collimation is horizontal. Adjustment of altitude level. The axis of altitude level must be parallel to the line of collimation. Collimation adjustment...
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    separate there is collimation error. As modern sextants rarely use adjustable telescopes, they do not need to be corrected for collimation error. Index error...
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    spiders are more prone to wind-induced vibration. For portable Newtonians collimation can be a problem. The primary and secondary can get out of alignment...
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    principal point, in a process called "collimation".[citation needed] This would be a creative use of how the term collimation is conventionally understood. Some...
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    them­selves across a range of distances within a single lens may be collimation error with the lens, but if such discrepancies occur across several lenses...
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  • Collimators may be used with laser diodes and CO2 cutting lasers. Proper collimation of a laser source with long enough coherence length can be verified with...
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    adjusted without changing other properties of the laser light (e.g. collimation of the beam). Moreover, most lasers have a minimal power setting at which...
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    missile measurement, the "Golf Ball" radar antenna was on Cat Hill, and a collimation tower for radar calibration was towards English Bay. The facility is...
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    to achieve these unique thermo-mechanical and electric properties for collimation systems. Such materials could also be complemented with the ongoing exploration...
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    horizontal angle is produced. Angular error in the instrument as well as collimation error can be mitigated in many total stations by performing a set collection...
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    Sun to be seen in monochromatic light. Many variations are possible: collimation can be done with concave mirrors, dispersion can be achieved with glass...
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  • be feasibly disposed of in this way unless advances in neutron beam collimation (not otherwise achievable by magnetic fields), uniquely available only...
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    advantage that a wide variety of illuminated backgrounds can be used, since collimation is not required. This allows construction of projection-based focusing...
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    tradeoff exists between image quality, and exposure time. A shorter collimation system or larger aperture will produce a more intense neutron beam but...
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    magnitude greater than those of X-ray tubes, wide X-ray spectra, excellent collimation, and linear polarization. Short nanosecond bursts of X-rays peaking at...
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    anticoincidence, surrounded the central detector on the sides and provided coarse collimation, rejecting gamma rays and charged particles from the sides or most of...
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    In addition to the TELARs, each regiment is assigned a 9V914 radar collimation vehicle (initially on the BAZ-5938 chassis but more often found on the...
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    waveguide antenna. Construction of DSS-35 began in July 2010. The station's collimation tower is located approximately 3 km to the north-west, on Black Hill...
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    automatic boresighting for these components, eliminating both tactical collimation and 180-day verification requirements. The integral cooling system for...
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    artifacts, and aberration in images, and helps increase coherence, collimation, and reduce unwanted divergence in beams. For plane mirrors, this is...
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    or an axial rotation of the telescope; both to compensate for optical collimation errors. Because the telescope is not fixed to the level adjusting mechanism...
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    depend on various factors, such as the laser's power, wavelength(s), collimation of the beam, orientation of the beam, and duration of exposure. Even...
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    and ruggedized since they can be air-sealed and fixed in alignment (collimation). The Houghton telescope or Lurie–Houghton telescope is a design that...
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