Can You Help Identify These 4 Optics-Related Photos?

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The discussion revolves around identifying four specific photographs related to optics, including phenomena, experiments, and instruments. The original poster has already identified most of the photographs but seeks assistance with these remaining images.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Assumption checking, Problem interpretation

Approaches and Questions Raised

  • Participants suggest various interpretations of the photographs, including potential identifications such as a spectroscope, a telescope, and a hologram. Some participants express uncertainty about the specific types of instruments depicted.

Discussion Status

There is an ongoing exploration of different interpretations and suggestions regarding the photographs. Some participants have provided specific ideas, while others have acknowledged the difficulty in identifying certain images. The discussion remains open with no clear consensus reached.

Contextual Notes

The original poster has indicated that they have limited information about the photographs and that the task is part of a larger set of 50 images, with only four needing identification. There is a mention of a teacher's input regarding the difficulty of one of the images.

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Well, this is the first time I posted in English, so please excuse my expression.

The question is a kind of game. I have 50 pothographies about Optics (phenomens, experiments, people,...), but don't worry I only need help for 4. I have find de solution for 44 and there is 2 that I have some clue.

So, somebody can help me with this 4. Remenber, all them talk about optics (phenomen, experiment, instrument...). A lot of thanks

Homework Equations



http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9190/foto3tc1.jpg

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/3599/foto4gk6.jpg

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8319/foto1nb4.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/8291/foto2dm1.jpg

The Attempt at a Solution




The thrid one is maybe a ion trap, and the last one is obviously something huge. A lot of thanks again.
 
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The second one looks like the hologram on a credit card.
 
The first one looks like some type of telescope. Is it a spectroscope? You can't really get a good look at the left side (the opening and whatever is in front of it). The slit on the right would be for the viewer vs for light to enter?

I think most spectroscopes start with a traditional telescope and the back end of the telescope would be different instead of the front end, so I'm kind of shooting in the dark.
 
The last one looked like a (small) inertial confinement fusion chamber under construction or maintenance, so I used google images to google inertial confinement fusion. The first results page had this link to the Trident facility, which looks like a pretty close match (a little hard to see in this image, but if you look for more Trident images, you can probably be sure):

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...al+confinement+fusion&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G
 
I think the first one is a schmidt-cassegrain telescope; the second is a section near the top right hand corner of a credit/debit card, likely framing also a hologram, a common feature on credit/debit cards; and the others I have no idea :P
 
The first one is most certainly a telescope, but I cannot say what type it is without knowing where the eye-piece holder is. For such large aperture, it is most probably a reflector or some sort cassegrain.
 
A lot of thanks to everybody.

The last one is "The Nova fusion laser" Thank you berkeman. The teache have told me that these one was the most dificult.

AlephZero, that was my first idea: holography. But the computer doesn't reconigze it. Maybe something more specific "esterholography" (it means nothing, it is only an exemple). Thanks anyway.

BobG, neutrino and alfredbase, Spectroscope doesn't work. Maybe is a specific kind of spectroscope? Some people told me about Schmidt-Cassegrein telescope. But it doesn't work. Unfortunally I haven't more information but the photo. Thanks for your try.
 

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