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  2. Photoelectric sensor - Wikipedia

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    Conceptual through-beam system to detect unauthorized access to a secure door. If the beam is interrupted, the detector triggers an alarm. A photoelectric sensor is a device used to determine the distance, absence, or presence of an object by using a light transmitter, often infrared, and a photoelectric receiver. They are largely used in ...

  3. List of sensors - Wikipedia

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    Integrated circuit piezoelectric sensor; ... Through-beam edge sensor; ... Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Sensor; Laser beam profiler;

  4. Electro-optical sensor - Wikipedia

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    An optical sensor can measure the changes from one or several light beams. When a change occurs, the light sensor operates as a photoelectric trigger and therefore either increases or decreases the electrical output. An optical switch enables signals in optical fibers or integrated optical circuits to be switched selectively between circuits ...

  5. Slotted optical switch - Wikipedia

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    The slotted optical switch, sometimes known as opto switch or optical switch but not to be confused with the optical component, is a device comprising a photoemitter (e.g. LED) and a photodetector (e.g. photodiode) mounted in a single package so that the photoemitter normally illuminates the photodetector, but an opaque object can be inserted in a slot between them so as to break the beam.

  6. Optical parametric amplifier - Wikipedia

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    The OPA will make the pump beam (ω p) weaker, and amplify the signal beam (ω s), and also create a new, so-called idler beam at the frequency ω i with ω p =ω s +ω i. In the OPA, the pump and idler photons usually travel collinearly through a nonlinear optical crystal. Phase matching is required for the process to work well.

  7. Beamforming - Wikipedia

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    Beamforming or spatial filtering is a signal processing technique used in sensor arrays for directional signal transmission or reception. [1] This is achieved by combining elements in an antenna array in such a way that signals at particular angles experience constructive interference while others experience destructive interference.

  8. Beam splitter - Wikipedia

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    The diffractive beam splitter [6] [7] (also known as multispot beam generator or array beam generator) is a single optical element that divides an input beam into multiple output beams. [8] Each output beam retains the same optical characteristics as the input beam, such as size, polarization and phase .

  9. BEAM robotics - Wikipedia

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    BEAM robotics [1] (from biology, electronics, aesthetics and mechanics) is a style of robotics that primarily uses simple analogue circuits, such as comparators, instead of a microprocessor in order to produce an unusually simple design. While not as flexible as microprocessor based robotics, BEAM robotics can be robust and efficient in ...