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p-i-n photodiodes
PANDA fibers → polarization-maintaining fibers
parabolic pulses
parametric amplification
parametric amplifiers → optical parametric amplifiers
parametric fluorescence
parametric generators → optical parametric generators
parametric nonlinearities
parametric oscillators → optical parametric oscillators
parasitic lasing
paraxial approximation
paraxial approximation → Gaussian beams
passive mode locking
passive Q switching → Q switching
peak power
percentage of doping → doping concentration
periodic poling
phase coherence → coherence
phase matching
phase-matching bandwidth
phase mismatch → phase matching
phase modulators
phase noise
phase-sensitive amplification → parametric amplification
phase shift method for distance measurements
phase-squeezed light → squeezed states of light
phase velocity
phonon-terminated lasers → vibronic lasers
phonons
phosphorescence
photochromic damage → photodarkening
photoconductive sampling
photoconductive switches
photocurrent → photodiodes
photodarkening
photodetectors
photodiodes
photoinduced losses → photodarkening
photoluminescence
photometry → optical metrology
photomultipliers
photon counting
photon number states → nonclassical light
photon statistics → nonclassical light
photonic bandgap fibers
photonic crystal fibers
photonic integrated circuits
photonic power → power over fiber
photonics
photons
photosensitivity → fiber Bragg gratings
picosecond lasers
planar lightwave circuits → photonic integrated circuits
planar waveguides
Pockels cells
Pockels effect
pointing stability → beam pointing fluctuations
polarization extinction ratio → polarization of laser emission
polarization gradient cooling → Sisyphus cooling
polarization-maintaining fibers
polarization mode dispersion
polarization of laser emission
polarization-preserving fibers → polarization-maintaining fibers
polarization waves
polymer optical fibers → fibers
population inversion
power amplification factor → amplification factor
power amplifiers → master oscillator power amplifier
power density
power efficiency → wall-plug efficiency
power over fiber
power scaling of lasers
power spectral density
powermeters
Poynting vector walk-off → spatial walk-off
praseodymium-doped fibers → rare-earth doped fibers
preform → fiber fabrication
prism pairs
propagation constant
pulse break-up → nonlinear pulse distortion
pulse characterization
pulse compression
pulse duration
pulse energy
pulse generation
pulse pickers
pulse propagation modeling
pulse repetition rate
pulse shape → Gaussian pulses
pulse-to-pulse jitter → timing jitter
pulse width → pulse duration
pulsed laser deposition
pulsed lasers
pulses
pump absorption
pump depletion
pump parameter
pump-probe measurements
pump threshold → threshold pump power
pusle width → pulse duration

Acronyms beginning with P

P-APM = polarization additive-pulse mode lockingnonlinear polarization rotation
PCF = photonic crystal fiber
PIC = photonic integrated circuit
PL = photoluminescence
PLC = planar lightwave circuit
PLD = pulsed laser deposition
PMD = polarization mode dispersion
POF = plastical optical fiber
PSD = power spectral density


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