Physics:Laser acronyms
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This is a list of acronyms and other initialisms used in laser physics and laser applications.
A
- AOM – acousto-optic modulator
- AOPDF – acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter
- APD – avalanche photodiode
- APM – additive-pulse mode locking
- ASE – amplified spontaneous emission
- ATD – above-threshold dissociation
- ATI – above-threshold ionization
- AWG – arrayed waveguide grating
B
- BPP – beam parameter product
C
- CD-ROM – compact disc read-only memory
- CEO – carrier-envelope offset [citation needed]
- CEP – carrier-envelope phase
- CPA – chirped-pulse amplification
- CRAB – complete reconstruction of attosecond bursts[citation needed]
- CW – continuous wave
- CWDM – coarse wavelength-division multiplexing
D
- DBR – distributed Bragg reflector
- DCM – dispersion-compensation module [citation needed] or double-chirped mirror
- DFB laser – distributed feedback laser
- DFG – difference-frequency generation
- DIAL – differential absorption LIDAR
- DOG – double optical gating [citation needed]
- DOS – density of states
- DPSS – diode-pumped solid-state (laser)
- DWDM – dense wavelength-division multiplexing
E
- ECDL – external-cavity diode laser
- EDC – electronic dispersion compensation [citation needed]
- EDFA – erbium-doped fiber amplifier
- Er:YAG – erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet, Er:Y3Al5O12
- EOM – electro-optic modulator
- ESA – excited state absorption [citation needed]
F
- FEL – free electron laser
- FREAG – frequency-resolved electro-absorption gating [citation needed]
- FROG – frequency-resolved optical gating
- FROG-CRAB – frequency-resolved optical gating for complete reconstruction of attosecond bursts [citation needed]
- FWM – four-wave mixing
- FP – Fabry–Perot laser
G
- GRENOUILLE – grating-eliminated no-nonsense observation of ultrafast incident laser light e-fields
H
- HeNe – helium–neon laser
- HHG – high-harmonic generation
I
- IR – infrared
K
- KLM – Kerr-lens modelocking
L
- LASEK – laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratectomy
- LASER – light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation[1]
- LASIK – laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (eye surgery)
- LBO – lithium triborate
- LiDAR – light detection and ranging
- LLLT – low-level laser therapy
M
- MASER – microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
- MIIPS – multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan
- MOPA – master oscillator power amplifier
N
- Nd:YAG – neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet, Nd:Y3Al5O12
- Nd:YCOB – neodymium-doped YCOB, YCa4O(BO3)3
O
- OC – output coupler
- OPO – optical parametric oscillator
- OPA – optical parametric amplifier / optical parametric amplification
- OPCPA – optical parametric chirped pulse amplification [citation needed]
P
- PI – population inversion
R
- RABBIT or RABBITT – reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transitions
- REMPI – resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization
S
- SHG – second-harmonic generation
- SLM – single longitudinal mode
- SPIDER – spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction
- SPM – self-phase modulation
T
- TE – transverse electric mode
- TEA – transverse electrical discharge in gas at atmospheric pressure
- TEM – transverse electromagnetic mode
- THG – third-harmonic generation
- Ti:Sapph – Ti-sapphire laser
- TM – transverse magnetic mode
U
- UV – ultraviolet
V
- VCSEL – vertical cavity surface-emitting laser
- VECSEL – vertical external cavity surface-emitting laser
W
X
Y
- YAG – yttrium aluminium garnet, Y3Al5O12
- YAM – yttrium aluminium monoclinic [citation needed]
- YAP – yttrium aluminium perovskite [citation needed]
References
- ↑ Taylor, Nick (2000). Laser: The Inventor, The Nobel Laureate, and The Thirty-Year Patent War. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0684835150.
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