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Keywords beginning with E

On this page you find all our articles on keywords beginning with "E". Further below, you find the acronyms.

(See also: list of products for the letter E.)

echelette gratings → diffraction gratings

edge-emitting semiconductor lasers

effective cross sections: Spotlight 2017-12-04: Energy levels of solid-state gain media

effective cross-sections → effective transition cross-sections

effective modal bandwidth → modal bandwidth

effective mode area

effective nonlinear coefficient

effective nonlinear length → nonlinear length

effective pulse duration → pulse duration

effective Rayleigh length → Rayleigh length

effective refractive index

effective refractive index: Spotlight 2007-10-07: Effective refractive index: correcting a common belief

effective step-index profile → step-index fibers

effective transition cross-sections

effectively single-mode fibers → single-mode fibers

efficiency of a laser → wall-plug efficiency

elastic scattering → scattering

electric field reconstruction → pulse characterization

electric-field poling → periodic poling

electrical-to-optical efficiency → wall-plug efficiency

electro-optic effect

electro-optic field mapping → electro-optic sampling

electro-optic modulators

electro-optic sampling

electro-optics

electroabsorption modulators

electroluminescence

electron beam evaporation → dielectric mirrors

electronic dispersion compensation

elliptical core → polarization-maintaining fibers

emission cross-sections → transition cross-sections

emission linewidth → linewidth

emission spectrum → optical spectrum

emissivity

end pumping

end pumping: Spotlight 2007-04-01: The ideal pump intensity distribution in an end-pumped solid-state laser

endlessly single-mode fibers → photonic crystal fibers

energy efficiency: Spotlight 2010-09-02: Why LEDs are energy-efficient, and why they could well increase energy consumption

energy levels: Spotlight 2017-12-04: Energy levels of solid-state gain media

energy meters → optical energy meters

energy migration → energy transfer

energy of laser pulses → pulse energy

energy transfer

energy transfer: Modeling pair-induced quenching in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

enhancement cavities

entangled states → photons

entrance and exit pupil

entropy balance of lasers → radiation-balanced lasers

epoxy-free bonding → optical contact bonding

erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: Case study: Erbium-doped fiber amplifier for a long-wavelength signal

erbium-doped fibers → rare-earth-doped fibers

erbium-doped laser gain media

erbium-ytterbium-doped laser gain media

etalons

etalons: Spotlight 2009-12-31: Tilt tuning of etalons

etalons: Case study: air-spaced etalon

etalons: Case study: etalon with thermal effects

evanescent waves

excess noise → amplifier noise

excimer lamps

excimer lasers

excited-state absorption

exit pupil → entrance and exit pupil

exitance → radiant exitance

external-cavity diode lasers

extinction coefficient → absorption coefficient

extinction ratio → polarization of light

eye protection → laser safety glasses

eye-safe lasers

eyepieces → ocular lenses

Acronyms with E

EAM = electroabsorption modulator

ECDL = external-cavity diode laser

EDC = electronic dispersion compensation

EDFA = erbium-doped fiber amplifier

EDFL = erbium-doped fiber laser

EOM = electro-optic modulator

ESA = excited-state absorption


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