Category:Optics
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Optics is the science of light and its interaction with matter.
Optics is a broad subject area. Much of the content is covered in subcategories. Many basic concepts are covered in Category:Geometrical optics, in which light is considered as if it were composed of rays. Articles dealing with the wave nature of light can be found in Category:Physical optics. More advanced topics are in Category:Nonlinear optics, Category:Photonics, and Category:Quantum optics. For optical devices, see Category:Optical devices. For individual optical elements like lenses and mirrors, see Category:Optical components.
Subcategories
This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
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Pages in category "Optics"
The following 135 pages are in this category, out of 135 total.
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- Candela per square metre
- Cardinal point (optics)
- Catoptrics
- Center of curvature
- Cherenkov radiation
- Chromatic aberration
- Cleanroom
- Collimated beam
- Color triangle
- Coloration
- Colorblends
- Colorless
- Colorlessness
- Coma (optics)
- Conjugate
- Conoscopic interference pattern
- Convolution for optical broad-beam responses in scattering media
- Cyan
- Cylindrical lens
