(computing) The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software.

(chemistry, physics) the variation in the optical rotation of a substance with the wavelength of light

plural of optical black hole

A phenomenon in which slow light is passed through a Bose-Einstein condensate that is itself spinning faster than the local speed of light within to create a vortex capable of trapping the light behind an event horizon, just as a gravitational black hole would.

A photonic device that integrates multiple information signals which are composed of light of various wavelengths.

plural of extraordinary optical transmission

plural of integrated optical circuit

(anatomy) The location where ganglion cell axons exit the eye to form the optic nerve.

The inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision.

plural of optic nerve