cladding

(noun)

One or more layers of materials of lower refractive index, in intimate contact with a core material of higher refractive index.

Related Terms

Examples of cladding in the following topics:

  • Total Internal Reflection and Fiber Optics

    • The basic functional structure of an optical fiber consists of an outer protective cladding and an inner core through which light pulses travel.
    • The difference in refractive index of the cladding and the core allows total internal reflection in the same way as happens at an air-water surface show in .
    • Fibers in bundles are clad by a material that has a lower index of refraction than the core to ensure total internal reflection, even when fibers are in contact with one another.
    • This shows a single fiber with its cladding.

  • Jainism

    • The Svetambara, meaning "white clad," describes its ascetic adherents’ practice of wearing white clothes, while the monks of the "sky clad" Digambara do not wear clothing at all, a practice upon which they disagree.

  • Aluminum

    • Substrate material of metal-core copper clad laminates used in high brightness LED lighting

  • Gender Messages in Mass Media

    • An example of a music video spreading gender norms is the video for 50 Cent's "Pimp. " Much like most other rap music videos, women appear as servile, scantily-clad objects that exist chiefly to serve men.

  • Chicago School of Architecture

    • One of the distinguishing features of the Chicago School is the use of steel-frame buildings with masonry cladding (usually terra cotta), allowing large plate-glass window areas and limiting the amount of exterior ornamentation.

  • Ravenna

    • On the right is a mosaic depicting the East Roman Emperor Justinian I, clad in purple with a golden halo, standing next to court officials, Bishop Maximian, palatinae guards, and deacons.

  • The Double Disasters

    • In this 15th-century French miniature depicting the Battle of Manzikert, the combatants are clad in contemporary Western European armour.

  • Italian Gothic Painting

    • The figure of Christ slumps heavily to one side and is clad in delicate, folded drapery in Cimabue's Crucifixion.

  • The White City, Chicago, and the World Columbian Exposition

    • The buildings were clad in white stucco, which, in comparison to the tenements of Chicago, seemed illuminated.

  • Modern Architecture

    • Gehry's best-known works are world-renowned and include the titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles; Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, France; MIT Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies on the University of Cincinnati campus; Experience Music Project inSeattle; New World Center in Miami Beach; Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis; Dancing House in Prague; the Vitra Design Museum and the museum MARTa Herford in Germany; the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto; the Cinémathèque française in Paris; and 8 Spruce Street in New York City.