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2 unusual facts about Light field


Light field

In computer graphics, this vector-valued function of 3D space is called the vector irradiance field (Arvo, 1994).

Michael Faraday was the first to propose (in an 1846 lecture entitled "Thoughts on Ray Vibrations") that light should be interpreted as a field, much like the magnetic fields on which he had been working for several years.


Rabi frequency

The Rabi frequency is a semiclassical concept as it is based on a quantum atomic transition and a classical light field.


see also

Light-field camera

Lytro was founded by Stanford University Computer Graphics Laboratory alumnus Ren Ng to commercialize the light-field camera he developed as a graduate student there.

Rifled breech loader

The Imperial Japanese Army used Armstrong cannon during the Boshin War to devastate the Aizu castle town and force its inhabitants to surrender quickly, and British Armstrong light field guns proved deadly against Chinese forces in the Second Opium War.

SS.12/AS.12

It was a derivative of the NORD SS-10 and SS-11 missiles which were surface-to-surface wire-guided missiles for use by infantry, vehicle or a helicopter primarily in the anti-tank role, but also anti-material, anti-personnel and against light field fortifications.