Scientific article databases

LaTex:

The Dickinson College Library Wiki page provides a useful introduction to help you get started using LaTex. The tutorial lists a few popular LaTex editors that you can download for free - two commonly used ones are:

• LaTex for Windows: MiKTeX

• LaTex for Mac: TeXShop

Detextify is an online tool that lets you draw the mathematical or text symbol that you're thinking of, and it will show you a list of possibilities with their codes. It isn't perfect (and is slightly dependent on your artistic abilities!) but certainly saves a lot of time when you're trying to find certain symbols.

ImageJ:

Free download of ImageJ, a Java program used for image processing and analysis

Optics companies

• ValueTronics (inexpensive new and used testing equipment)

• Thor Labs

• Edmund Optics

• Surplus Shed (discounted lenses)

Spatial Light Modulators:

• Cambridge Correlators (low cost)

• Holoeye Photonics

• Boulder Nonlinear Systems

• Hamamatsu photonics

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