By recording the amount of
infrared light transmitted through the thread, the sensor measures the amount of local strain.
Not exact matches
When filtered sunlight therapy for jaundice was tested (they used special window - tinting film that filters out UV
light and
infrared light to
transmit the blue
light used for phototherapy), jaundiced babies were treated for up to five to six hours each day.
The
Infrared LEDs automatically adjust to the level of
light in the room and
transmit a clear black and white image in low -
light and darkened room conditions.
«Our
infrared shielding coating, with 10 - nanometer antimony - doped tin oxide nanoparticles, blocks more than 90 per cent of near -
infrared radiation, while
transmitting more than 80 per cent of visible
light,» says Huang.
Unlike conventional transparent electrodes that only
transmit visible
light, the team's TTE plays the dual role of allowing visible
light to pass through while at the same time reflecting
infrared rays.
«The key advance was to design a photonic structure that
transmits visible
light and reflects
infrared light for a very wide range of angles,» explains Ilic.
Only the central region of the filter can
transmit visible
light, while the outer portion can only
transmit the near -
infrared light used for fluorescent imaging.
The treated fibers could be used to
transmit a wide range of
infrared, visible and ultraviolet wavelengths of
light, according to the research team.
Many of the Universe's messages are
transmitted in
infrared light, which our sky heavily filters.
Pieters, C. M. Strength of mineral absorption features in the
transmitted component of near -
infrared reflected
light: first results from RELAB.
If you can get an
infrared camera, or
infrared film and filter, suited to taking a picture at those wavelengths, you can demonstrate how an aquarium full of ordinary air
transmits infrared light vs. the same aquarium full of carbon dioxide.
The Met Office state «The «greenhouse effect» is the way the atmosphere traps some of the energy we receive from the Sun (
infrared radiation or heat, ultraviolet and visible
light) and stops it being
transmitted back out into space».
Operating through a maximum vertical range of 7700 m, the CEIL
transmits near -
infrared pulses of
light and the receiver detects the
light scattered back by clouds and precipitation.
Saturn's moon Titan has a «negative» or «inverse» greenhouse effect because its high altitude haze blocks visible
light (which is why we can't see the surface) but
transmits infrared (which is how the Cassini mission has been able to photograph the surface.)
(The small «antenna» you see in the middle of the
infrared light is purely a visual touch — there's no radio being
transmitted here.)