Keywords beginning with A
On this page you find all our articles on keywords beginning with "A". Further below, you find the acronyms.
(See also: list of products for the letter A.)
aberrations → optical aberrations
absolute phase → carrier–envelope offset
absorbing coatings → black coatings
absorption cross-sections → transition cross-sections
absorption efficiency → pump absorption
absorption saturation → pump absorption
absorption spectroscopy → laser absorption spectroscopy
absorptivity → absorptance
acceptance angle in fiber optics
acceptance angle in fiber optics: Case study: The numerical aperture of a fiber: a strict limit for the angular field distribution?
acceptance angle in nonlinear optics → critical phase matching
achromatic lenses → lenses
acousto-optic frequency shifters
active laser media → laser gain media
active mirror → thin-disk lasers
active mode locking: Case study: actively mode-locked laser
active optical cables → fiber-optic links
active Q switching → Q switching
active stabilization of lasers → stabilization of lasers
add–drop multiplexers → wavelength division multiplexing
adhesives → optical adhesives
adiabatic soliton compression: Case study: adiabatic soliton compression
adjoint modes → resonator modes
air-guiding fibers → hollow-core fibers
air-spaced etalons: Case study: air-spaced etalon
alignment sensitivity: Spotlight 2015-05-14: Alignment sensitivity of laser resonators – an important design criterion
alignment sensitivity: Spotlight 2011-06-10: Are compact resonators more stable?
alignment sensitivity: How to calculate misalignment effects in laser resonators
alignment sensitivity of optical resonators
alkali vapor lasers → metal vapor lasers
allowed transitions → forbidden transitions
alpha factor → linewidth enhancement factor
aluminum mirrors → metal-coated mirrors
amplification bandwidth → gain bandwidth
amplified spontaneous emission
amplified spontaneous emission: Tutorial chapter on ASE in fiber amplifiers
amplified spontaneous emission: Case study: ASE in ytterbium-doped fibers
amplified spontaneous emission: Spotlight 2015-03-11: Strange time dependence of ASE from a fiber amplifier
amplified spontaneous emission: Spotlight 2013-07-08: Amplified spontaneous emission in fiber amplifiers
amplified spontaneous emission: Spotlight 2007-08-06: Fiber amplifiers: more ASE for larger core with higher NA?
amplified spontaneous emission: Spotlight 2007-07-30: Fiber amplifiers: stronger ASE in backward direction
amplifier chains: Tutorial chapter on multi-stage fiber amplifiers
amplifier chains: Modeling multi-stage amplifiers with RP Fiber Power
amplifier fibers → rare-earth-doped fibers
amplifier modeling: Tutorial: Modeling of fiber amplifiers and lasers
amplifier noise: Tutorial chapter on noise of fiber amplifiers
amplifier noise: Noise in laser technology
amplifier noise: Spotlight 2006-07-16: Spontaneous emission and amplifier noise
amplifier stages → amplifier chains
amplifier transitions → laser transitions
amplifiers → optical amplifiers
amplifiers: Spotlight 2007-01-27: Noise figure of amplifiers
amplitude noise → intensity noise
anamorphic prisms → prisms
angle cleaving → cleaving of fibers
angle phase matching → critical phase matching
anomalous dispersion → chromatic dispersion
anti-reflection coatings: Case study: dual-wavelength anti-reflection coating
anti-Stokes fluorescence cooling → optical refrigeration
antibunching → nonclassical light
aperiodic fiber gratings → fiber Bragg gratings
apochromats → achromatic optics
apodized fiber Bragg 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
ASE sources: Case study: ASE source with automatic spectral optimization
aspheric lenses → aspheric optics
asynchronous sampling → optical sampling
athermal lasers → radiation-balanced lasers
atmospheric correction → laser guide stars
attenuation coefficient → absorption coefficient
attenuators → optical attenuators
attenuators: Spotlight 2015-02-05: Attenuating laser beams – not that easy
attosecond pulse spectroscopy → time-resolved spectroscopy
attosecond pulses → high harmonic generation
axial mode spacing → free spectral range
axial modes → resonator modes
Acronyms with A
ANDi = all-normal dispersion (fiber)
AO = adaptive optics
AO deflector = acousto-optic deflector
AOBD = acousto-optic beam deflector
AOC = active optical cable → fiber-optic links
AOFS = acousto-optic frequency shifter
AOM = acousto-optic modulator
AOTF = acousto-optic tunable filter
APD = avalanche photodiode
APM = additive-pulse mode locking
AR → AR coating = anti-reflection coating
ASE = amplified spontaneous emission
AVD = axial vapor deposition → fiber fabrication