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
By then moving the tube so that the marker comes in contact with the object that portion of the object which occupied the optical axis of the microscope is indicated $1.25 No. 164.
From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Leitz, Ernst
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
