1. If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous. 如果此类材料能够普遍用于光学产业，这一突破带来的收益将是巨大的。
2. Scientists studying optics and chromatics today still marvel at his findings. 今天研究光学和色彩学的科学家们仍对他的发现感到惊奇。
3. Astronomers have devised a technique called adaptive optics that can beat Earth atmosphere at its own game of blurring. 天文学家已经发明出一种叫做自适应光学的技术，可以以自己的模糊方式突破大气层。
4. Thanks to fibre optics, it is now possible to illuminate many of the body's remotest organs and darkest orifices. 多亏有了光纤，如今才能够照见人体中许多最微小的器官和最暗的腔体。
