Spectroscope
- prism
Optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam...
- collimator
Optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and...
Also contains
- lens
A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form ima...
- biprism
An optical device for obtaining interference fringes.
- diffraction grating
Optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses...
- projector
An optical device for projecting a beam of light.
- finder
Optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest.
- diffuser
Optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly.
- laser
An acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device...
- camera lucida
An optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously...
- Kerr cell
Optical device consisting of a transparent cell with two electrodes between two polarizing...
- stereoscope
An optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs.
- Nicol prism
Optical device that produces plane-polarized light.
- polarimeter
An optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized...
- coelostat
Optical device used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into...
- Rochon prism
Optical device that produces plane-polarized ultraviolet light.
- planetarium
An optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena...
- autofocus
An optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically.
- viewer
An optical device for viewing photographic transparencies.