Keywords beginning with G
On this page you find all our articles on keywords beginning with "G". Further below, you find the acronyms.
(See also: list of products for the letter G.)
gain: Tutorial chapter on gain and absorption in rare-earth-doped fibers
gain bandwidth: Spotlight 2007-10-25: The gain bandwidth of laser crystals and glasses
gain compression → gain saturation
gain equalization: Case study: Erbium-doped fiber amplifier for multiple signals
gain flattening → gain equalization
gain guiding: Spotlight 2017-11-02: Gaussian apertures in resonator models: not only for exotic lasers, but also for gain guiding
gain guiding: Spotlight 2009-07-09: Gain-guiding index-antiguiding fibers
gain media → laser gain media
gain media: Spotlight 2018-08-22: What is different for quasi-three-level lasers?
gain modules → laser heads
gain saturation: Case study: Erbium-doped fiber amplifier for rectangular nanosecond pulses
gain saturation: Spotlight 2018-05-11: Gain saturation in solid-state lasers
gain saturation: Spotlight 2017-08-01: Fiber amplifiers: modeling of ultrashort pulse amplification with saturation of wavelength-dependent gain
gain saturation: Spotlight 2015-08-08: Gain saturation with pulses
gap loss attenuators → fiber-optic attenuators
gas absorption cells → gas cells
Gaussian apertures: Spotlight 2017-11-02: Gaussian apertures in resonator models: not only for exotic lasers but also for gain guiding
Gaussian beams: Spotlight 2009-10-03: Peak intensity of Gaussian beam
Gaussian mirrors → variable reflectivity mirrors
Geiger mode photodiodes → avalanche photodiodes
germanosilicate glasses → silicate glasses
giant pulses → Q switching
Gires–Tournois interferometers: Case study: Gires–-Tournois interferometer
Gires–Tournois interferometers
glass fibers → fibers
Glauber states → coherent states
goggles → laser safety glasses
gold mirrors → metal-coated mirrors
Gouy phase: Spotlight 2008-11-25: The Gouy phase shift speeds up light
graded reflectivity mirrors → variable reflectivity mirrors
graded-index fibers: Case study: Telecom fiber with parabolic index profile
gradient-index filters → rugate filters
grating compressors → pulse compression
grating spectrometers → spectrometers
gratings → diffraction gratings
gray tracking → photodarkening
green lasers: Spotlight 2009-08-14: Progress on green laser diodes
green problem → intracavity frequency doubling
green-induced infrared absorption → photodarkening
GRISMs → dispersion compensation
ground state laser transitions → four-level and three-level laser gain media
group refractive index → group index
group velocity: Spotlight 2016-09-12: An apparent paradox concerning light beams in fibers
guide stars → laser guide stars
guided modes → modes
gyroscope fiber coils → fiber coils
Acronyms with G
GDD = group delay dispersion
GM-APD = Geiger mode avalanche photodiode
GRENOUILLE → FROG → frequency-resolved optical gating
GRIIRA = green-induced infrared absorption → photodarkening
GRIN lens = gradient-index lens
GRM = graded reflectivity mirror
GTI = Gires–Tournois interferometer
GVD = group velocity dispersion
GVM = group velocity mismatch