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 means of a collar with two centering screws attached to the end of the tube, the objective may be brought into the optical axis.
From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Ernst Leitz
By rotating the lower plate each of the objectives can be brought successively in to the optical axis of the microscope.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
