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  1. Physics of Optical Communication, The (1985 Video)

    Director
    Stefan Sargent
    Producer
    Michael Barden
    Subject
    Physics; Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 17 min.

    Discusses the revolutionary effects of optical fibre transmission. Explains how light travels along the fibre; the composition of the fibre; how messages are carried; and finally describes the British...

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  2. Optical Fibres and Telecommunications (198 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 44 min.

    Discusses the importance of telecommunications and the contribution that optical fibres are making to the technology.

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  3. Principles of the Optical Maser (1960 Film)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Compares the optical maser with standard radio and microwave oscillators, and explains the means by which the maser’s photon chain reaction is induced. The principle types of gas and solid state optical...

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  4. Optical Lens, The (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Physics; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at the properties of the lens and some of the implications for the optical designer. Laser beams show how light refracts in passing from one medium to another and computer animation demonstrates the...

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  5. Optical Pumping (1967 Film)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The technique of optical pumping utilises the phenomenon of optical resonance to transfer kinetic moment to atoms. For this purpose incident light is circularly polarised. One can thus concentrate the atoms...

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  6. Optical Properties of Nematic and Choleteric Liquid Crystals (1968 Film)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Summary of the optical properties of anisotropic solid crystals. Bi-refringence of liquid crystals and transition of the isotropic state. Study in parallel and convergent polarized light of plates of nematic...

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  7. World of the Microscope, The (2 Parts) (1974 Film)

    Director
    Jeremy Mew
    Producer
    Jeremy Mew
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Part 1: Shows a forensic scientist at work using a microscope. Explains with many examples the optical system of the typical light microscope. Explains the importance of phase contrast. Part 2: The workings...

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  8. Wilson Sibbett: Optical Science in the Fast Lanet (2004)

    Subject
    Physics

    A recording of a public lecture delivered by Thebe Medupe Wilson Sibbett the Royal Society. Some lasers can be operated to produce optical impulses that last for just a few billionths of a microsecond. In...

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  9. X-Rays and Energy Levels (1980 Video)

    Producer
    John Stratford
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    AVAILABLE ONLY AS PART OF S271/VC3, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Discusses the discovery of X-rays and their implications for the newly emerging quantum theory. Shows a re-creation of Roentgen’s original experiment, a survey of the various atomic models, and a look at...

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  10. How New Science is Transforming the Optical Microscope (2012)

    Subject
    Biology; Physics; Technology

    Video recording of the 2012 Leeuwenhoek Lecture given at the Royal Society on 13 February 2012 by Dr Brad Amos. There are two rules for making an optical microscope: the lenses must be small, since defects...

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