optical transient
1Optical transfection — is the process of introducing nucleic acids into cells using light. Typically, a laser is focussed to a diffraction limited spot ( 1 µm diameter) using a high numerical aperture microscope objective. The plasma membrane of a cell is then… …
2Optical modulators using semiconductor nano-structures — Contents 1 Optical modulators using semiconductor nano structures 1.1 Electro optic modulator of nano structures 1.2 Acousto optic modulator of nano structures …
3Optical amplifier — An optical amplifier is a device that amplifies an optical signal directly, without the need to first convert it to an electrical signal. An optical amplifier may be thought of as a laser without an optical cavity, or one in which feedback from… …
4Optical neural network — An optical neural network is a physical implementation of an artificial neural network with optical components. Some artificial neural networks that have been implemented as optical neural networks include the Hopfield neural network[1][2] and… …
5High Energy Transient Explorer — The High Energy Transient Explorer (abbreviated HETE; also known as Explorer 79) is an American astronomical satellite with international participation (mainly Japan and France). The prime objective of HETE is to carry out the first… …
6Electro-optical MASINT — is a subdiscipline of Measurement and Signature Intelligence, (MASINT) and refers to intelligence gathering activities which bring together disparate elements that do not fit within the definitions of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Imagery… …
7Soft X-ray transient — Soft X ray transients (often abbreviated to SXT) are also known as X ray novae . Typical SXTs are usually very faint, or even unobservable, in X rays and their apparent magnitude in the optical wavelengths is about 20. This is called the… …
8OTD — Optical Transient Detector Contributor: GSFC …
9NGC 300 — An ultraviolet image of NGC 300 taken by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Observation data (J2000 epoch) C …
10List of astronomy acronyms — This is a compilation of acronyms commonly used in astronomy. Most of the acronyms are drawn from professional astronomy and are used quite frequently in scientific publications. However, a few of these acronyms are frequently used by the general …
