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D4σ method → beam radius
data transmission → optical data transmission
dechirping → pulse compression
decibel
delayed self-heterodyne interferometer → self-heterodyne linewidth measurement
depolarization loss
depressed cladding → fibers
diameter–divergence product
diameter of laser beam → beam radius
dichroic mirrors
dielectric coatings
dielectric mirrors
difference frequency generation → sum and difference frequency generation
differential mode delay → intermodal dispersion
diffraction-limited beams
diffusion bonding → composite laser crystals
diode arrays → diode bars
diode bars
diode lasers → laser diodes
diode modules → laser diode modules
diode-pumped lasers
diode stacks
dioptric power → focal length
disk lasers → thin-disk lasers
dispersion
dispersion compensation
dispersion compensation modules
dispersion-decreasing fibers
dispersion-flattened fibers → dispersion-shifted fibers
dispersion management
dispersion relations → Kramers–Kronig relations
dispersion-shifted fibers
dispersive mirrors → chirped mirrors
dispersive pulse compression → pulse compression
dispersive wave
distance measurements with lasers
distributed amplifiers
distributed Bragg reflector lasers
distributed feedback lasers
distributed mirrors → Bragg mirrors
distributed sensors → fiber-optic sensors
divergence angle → beam divergence
divided-pulse amplification
domain engineering → periodic poling
domain inversion → periodic poling
doped fiber amplifiers → fiber amplifiers
doped fibers → rare-earth-doped fibers
doped insulator lasers
doped insulator lasers → solid-state lasers
doping concentration
Doppler broadening
Doppler cooling
Doppler limit
double-chirped mirrors → chirped mirrors
double-clad fibers
double pulses
double refraction → birefringence
doubly resonant cavities → resonant frequency doubling
doubly resonant oscillators → optical parametric oscillators
dressed states → Sisyphus cooling
dual-stage amplifiers → amplifier chains
duty cycle → quasi-continuous-wave operation
dye lasers

Acronyms beginning with D

DBR = distributed Bragg reflector → distributed Bragg reflector lasers
DCF = dispersion compensating fiber
DCM = dispersion compensation module or double-chirped mirror
DDF = dispersion-decreasing fiber
DEDFA = distributed erbium-doped fiber amplifier
DFB laser = distributed feedback laser
DFG = difference-frequency generation
DMD = differential mode delay → intermodal dispersion
DPA = divided-pulse amplification
DPSSL = diode-pumped solid-state laser
DRO = doubly resonant (parametric) oscillator
DWDM = dense wavelength division multiplexing


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