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one-atom lasers → single-atom lasers

operation modes of lasers → modes of laser operation

optical amplifiers → amplifiers

optical bandwidth → bandwidth

optical bomb → superradiance

optical breakdown → laser-induced breakdown

optical cavities → cavities

optical clocks

optical clockworks

optical coatings → dielectric coatings

optical communications → optical data transmission

optical data transmission

optical fiber communications

optical fiber sensors → fiber-optic sensors

optical fibers → fibers

optical filters

optical frequency domain reflectometry → fiber-optic sensors

optical frequency metrology → frequency metrology

optical frequency standards

optical frequency synthesizers → frequency combs

optical gain → gain

optical heterodyne detection

optical intensity

optical interference → interference

optical interference coatings → dielectric coatings

optical isolators → Faraday isolators

optical lattice clocks → optical frequency standards

optical links → fiber-optic links

optical metrology

optical modulators

optical molasses

optical nanofibers → nanofibers

optical networks → fiber-optic networks

optical parametric amplifiers

Spotlight 2006-09-21: Power scaling limits of optical parametric amplifiers

optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification

optical parametric generators

optical parametric oscillators

Spotlight 2007-08-23: An OPO without resonator mirrors

Spotlight 2006-09-03: Resolution of conundrum: threshold power for parametric nonlinear interactions

optical powermeters → powermeters

optical pulse generation → pulse generation

optical pulses → pulses

optical pumping

optical refrigeration

optical resonators

Spotlight 2009-04-05: Stability of resonators – an ambiguous term

Spotlight 2006-11-28: The role of diffraction in optical resonators

Spotlight 2006-11-21: The resonator mystery

optical rulers → frequency combs

optical sampling

optical sensors → fiber-optic sensors

optical telegraph → free-space optical communications

optical thickness

optical traps → light forces

optical tweezers

optically pumped semiconductor lasers → vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers

optoelectronics

orange lasers → yellow and orange lasers

orientation-patterned gallium arsenide → quasi-phase matching

oscillators

Ottomotor

output couplers

output coupling efficiency

Acronyms beginning with O

OADM = optical add/drop multiplexer → optical fiber communications
OFS = optical fiber sensor → fiber-optic sensors
OPA = optical parametric amplifier
OPCPA = optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification
OPG = optical parametric generator (or optical parametric generation)
OPO = optical parametric oscillator
OPS-VECSEL = optically pumped semiconductor vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser
OPSL = optically pumped semiconductor laservertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers
OTDM = optical time division multiplexing
OVD = outside vapor deposition → fiber fabrication


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