Keywords beginning with I
On this page you find all our encyclopedia articles on keywords beginning with "I". Indented lines indicate articles on related topics. Further below, you find the acronyms.
(See also: list of products for the letter I)
idler wave → parametric amplification
image converters → image intensifiers and image converters
image distortion → optical aberrations
image intensifiers and image converters
image space → object and image space
in-band pumping → optical pumping
in-plane lasers → edge-emitting semiconductor lasers
incandescence → thermal radiation
index-depressed cladding → fiber cladding
index of refraction → refractive index
induced focusing → thermal lensing
inelastic scattering → scattering
infrared absorption → absorption
infrared detector cards → laser viewing cards
infrared fibers → mid-infrared fibers
infrared sensor cards → laser viewing cards
infrared spectroscopy → spectroscopy
infrared thermography → thermal imaging
inner cladding → double-clad fibers
integrated optoelectronic devices → photonic integrated circuits
intensity → optical intensity
intensity modulators → optical modulators
Spotlight 2018-06-08: Understanding intensity noise
intensity profile measurement → beam profilers
intensity-to-phase coupling → linewidth enhancement factor
inter-satellite communications → free-space optical communications
Spotlight 2009-05-22: Interference effects with imbalanced intensity levels
Spotlight 2007-09-27: Light plus light = darkness: no energy problem, but quantum weirdness
interference coatings → dielectric coatings
Spotlight 2008-07-13: The simplified history of the Michelson–Morley experiment
intermediate image planes → image planes
intersubband transitions → quantum cascade lasers
intracavity frequency doubling
intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy
inversion → population inversion
ion beam sputtering → dielectric mirrors
ion lasers → argon ion lasers
Acronyms beginning with I
IBS = ion beam sputtering → dielectric mirrors
ICLAS = intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy
II = image intensifier
IR = infrared
IR optics = infrared optics
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