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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
in-band pumping → optical pumping
in-plane lasers → edge-emitting semiconductor lasers
index of refraction → refractive index
induced focusing → thermal lensing
infrared fibers → mid-infrared fibers
infrared sensor cards → laser viewing cards
infrared spectroscopy → spectroscopy
infrared viewers → infrared light
inner cladding → double-clad fibers
integrated optoelectronic devices → photonic integrated circuits
intensity → optical intensity
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
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
IR = infrared
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