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C band → optical fiber communications
cameras → beam profilers
carbon dioxide lasers → CO2 lasers
carrier-envelope offset
carrier lifetime → upper-state lifetime
causality
caustic → beam quality
cavities
cavity bandwidth → resonator modes
cavity design → resonator design
cavity dumpers → pulse pickers
cavity dumping
cavity modes → resonator modes
cavity resonances → resonator modes
ceramic gain media
chemical lasers → gas lasers
chemiluminescence
chirp
chirped mirrors
chirped-pulse amplification
chirped pulses → chirp
chromatic dispersion
chromium-doped gain media
cladding → fibers
cladding modes
cladding-pumped fibers → double-clad fibers
class-A and class-B regime of a laser → relaxation oscillations
cleaner cavities → mode cleaners
clustering
CO2 lasers
coatings → dielectric coatings
coherence
coherence function → coherence time
coherence length
coherence time
coherent beam combining
coherent states
collimated beams
collimation optics → collimated beams
color filters → optical filters
comb spectra → frequency combs
compact fluorescent lamps → fluorescent lamps
complex refractive index → refractive index
composite laser crystals
concentration of dopant → doping concentration
concentration quenching → quenching
confocal microscopy → laser microscopy
confocal parameter → Rayleigh length
conical emission → laser-induced breakdown
continuous-wave operation
cooperative lasing
copper vapor lasers → gas lasers
core → fiber core
core-less end caps
coupled-mode theory → mode coupling
critical phase matching
cross-phase modulation
cross relaxation → energy transfer
cross sections
cryogenic lasers
cut-off wavelength → single-mode fibers
cycle jitter → timing jitter

Acronyms beginning with C

CEO = carrier-envelope offset
CEP = carrier-envelope phase
CFL = compact fluorescent lamp
CPA = chirped-pulse amplification
CWDM = course wavelength division multiplexing


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