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collimate
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collimate
Etymology: L, collineare, to align
to make parallel.


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The company also intends to expand the material's application to various functional films and screen materials for applications including rear-projection screens by exploiting its thinness, light weight and high optical transparency as well as its superior light diffusion and collimating properties.
A special collimating lens captures and then focuses the light from the LEDs to the fiber optic panel.
By recently promoting the use of diode lasers (without the collimating lens) and "safe" developing chemicals, the hazards of radiation and contamination are greatly reduced.
 
 
 
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