optical axis

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They also discovered that the optical vortices could be modified by adjusting the topological charge, which is essentially the number of windings around the optical axis.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2024

The rays originate from points that are not on the optical axis and they do not converge at one common focal point.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Now when we cut our lens out of this blank, we are able to keep the optical axis parallel to the line of sight as it goes into our frame.

From Time Magazine Archive

For critical work and particularly for photo-micrography, however, the interchangeable nosepiece is by no means perfect as it is next to impossible to secure accurate centreing of each lens in the optical axis.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

Sapphires should usually be cut so that the table of the finished stone is perpendicular to the principal optical axis of the crystal.

From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram