Keywords beginning with A
absolute phase → carrier–envelope offset
absorption cross sections → transition cross sections
absorption efficiency → pump absorption
absorption saturation → pump absorption
acceptance angle → critical phase matching
active fibers → rare-earth-doped fibers
active laser media → gain media
active mirror → thin-disk lasers
active optical cables → fiber-optic links
active Q switching → Q switching
active stabilization → stabilization of lasers
adaptive optics → laser guide stars
add-drop multiplexers → wavelength division multiplexing
adjoint modes → resonator modes
alexandrite lasers → vibronic lasers
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alkali vapor lasers → gas lasers
allowed transitions → forbidden transitions
alpha factor → linewidth enhancement factor
amplification bandwidth → gain bandwidth
amplified spontaneous emission
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amplifier stages → amplifier chains
amplifier transitions → laser transitions
amplifying fibers → rare-earth-doped fibers
amplitude noise → intensity noise
angle cleaving → fibers
angle phase matching → critical phase matching
anomalous dispersion → dispersion
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
artificial saturable absorbers → saturable absorbers
asynchronous sampling → optical sampling
athermal lasers → radiation-balanced lasers
atmospheric correction → laser guide stars
attosecond pulses → high harmonic generation
axial mode spacing → free spectral range
axial modes → resonator modes
Acronyms beginning with A
AOC = active optical cable → fiber-optic links
AOM = acousto-optic modulator
APD = avalanche photodiode
APM = additive-pulse mode locking
AR → AR coating = anti-reflection coating
ASE = amplified spontaneous emission
AVD = axial vapor deposition → fiber fabrication
AWG = arrayed waveguide grating
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