= Optical table
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The <breadboard> of <photonics>!
For example, that is how most modern <microscopes> are prototyped, see for example <video Two Photon Microscopy by Nemonic NeuroNex (2019)>.
This is kind of why they are also sometimes called "optical breadboarbds", since <breadboards> are what we use for early prototyping in <electronics>. Wikipedia however says "optical breadboard" is a simpler and cheaper type of optical table with less/no stabilization.
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bok33AC-ID8]
{title=A simple refracting telescope built on an optical bench by plenum88 (2013)}