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DIVISEUR FAISCEAU [2 records]

Record 1 2013-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Optical Instruments
DEF

A device for dividing an optical beam into two or more separate beams.

OBS

To record a hologram, the beam is split into two beams: an object beam and a reference beam.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Masers et lasers
  • Instruments d'optique
DEF

Dispositif optique servant à diviser un faisceau lumineux en au moins deux autres faisceaux distincts.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A prism, mirror or lens, or combination of prisms and/or mirrors, so designed that a certain fraction of the incident light is transmitted without change, the remainder being reflected at some angle to the axis of the units.

CONT

The beam splitter divides a light beam into two or more separate beams.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Prisme, miroir ou lentille, ou combinaison de prismes et de miroirs, conçus de sorte qu'une certaine fraction de faisceau incident soit transmise sans subir aucune modification et que le reste du faisceau soit réfléchi suivant un certain angle par rapport à l'axe du dispositif.

Spanish

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