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ABCD matrix

absolute phase → carrier–envelope offset

absorption cross sections → transition cross sections

absorption efficiency → pump absorption

absorption saturation → pump absorption

acceptance angle → critical phase matching

acousto-optic modulators

active fibers → rare-earth-doped fibers

active laser media → gain media

active mirror → thin-disk lasers

active mode locking

active Q switching → Q switching

active stabilization → stabilization of lasers

adaptive optics → laser guide stars

add-drop multiplexers → wavelength division multiplexing

additive-pulse mode locking

adiabatic soliton compression

adjoint modes → resonator modes

alexandrite lasers → vibronic lasers

alignment sensitivity

alkali vapor lasers → gas lasers

all-solid-state lasers

allowed transitions → forbidden transitions

alpha factor → linewidth enhancement factor

amplification bandwidth → gain bandwidth

amplification factor

amplified spontaneous emission

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amplifier chains

amplifier noise

amplifier stages → amplifier chains

amplifier transitions → laser transitions

amplifiers

amplifying fibers → rare-earth-doped fibers

amplitude noise → intensity noise

amplitude-squeezed light

angle cleaving → fibers

angle phase matching → critical phase matching

anomalous dispersion → dispersion

anti-reflection coatings

anti-Stokes fluorescence cooling → optical refrigeration

antibunching → nonclassical light

aperiodic fiber gratings → fiber Bragg gratings

applications of lasers → laser applications

arc lamp pumping → lamp-pumped lasers

argon fluoride lasers → excimer lasers

argon ion lasers

arrayed waveguide gratings

artificial saturable absorbers → saturable absorbers

asynchronous sampling → optical sampling

athermal lasers → radiation-balanced lasers

atmospheric correction → laser guide stars

attosecond pulses → high harmonic generation

autocorrelators

avalanche photodiodes

axial mode spacing → free spectral range

axial modes → resonator modes

Acronyms beginning with A

AOM = acousto-optic modulator
APD = avalanche photodiode
APM = additive-pulse mode locking
AR → AR coating = anti-reflection coating
ASE = amplified spontaneous emission
AWG = arrayed waveguide grating


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