Keywords beginning with M
On this page you find all our articles on keywords beginning with "M". Further below, you find the acronyms.
(See also: list of products for the letter M.)
Mach–Zehnder interferometers → interferometers
manufacturing of optics → optical fabrication
Marcuse formula → mode radius
master equation → Haus master equation
master oscillator fiber amplifier
master oscillator fiber amplifier: Spotlight 2010-03-22: All-in-one concepts versus modular concepts
master oscillator fiber amplifier: Spotlight 2008-12-16: Why fiber amplifiers, not fiber lasers?
master oscillator power amplifier
master oscillator power amplifier: Spotlight 2010-03-22: All-in-one concepts versus modular concepts
matrix method for multilayer structures → dielectric mirrors
meniscus lenses → lenses
metalenses → photonic metasurfaces
metal–semiconductor–metal photodetectors
metamaterials → photonic metamaterials
metasurfaces → photonic metasurfaces
metrology → optical metrology
Michelson–Morley experiment: Spotlight 2008-07-13: The simplified history of the Michelson–Morley experiment
microcavities → cavities
microchannel plate detectors → photomultipliers
microchip lasers: Spotlight 2018-09-28: Resonator modes in microchip lasers
micromachining → laser micromachining
microstructure fibers → photonic crystal fibers
microwave over fiber → radio and microwave over fiber
mirror-like reflection → specular reflection
misalignment → alignment sensitivity of optical resonators
misalignment of fibers → fiber joints
misalignment of resonators: How to calculate misalignment effects in laser resonators
mm mrad → beam parameter product
modal dispersion → intermodal dispersion
modal refractive index → effective refractive index
mode area → effective mode area
mode competition: Spotlight 2007-07-16: Mode competition – increased or decreased by spatial hole burning?
mode coupling: Spotlight 2016-08-11: Mode coupling in optical fibers: selective excitation of a higher-order mode with a fiber Bragg grating
mode coupling: Spotlight 2006-07-24: Beam distortions in laser cavities
mode coupling: Case study: mode coupling in a fiber Bragg grating
mode cut-off → cut-off wavelength
mode field diameter → mode radius
mode instabilities in fibers: Spotlight 2011-05-28: Explanation for the mode instability in high-power fiber amplifiers with few-mode fibers
mode lockers → mode locking devices
mode locking: Spotlight 2017-08-31: Passive mode locking with slow saturable absorbers: surprisingly stable!
mode locking: Spotlight 2017-04-12: Does a saturable absorber in a laser lead to passive Q switching or mode locking?
mode locking: Self starting of passively mode-locked lasers: difficult to model
mode radius: Spotlight 2014-07-28: How to define the mode radius of a fiber?
mode solvers → fiber simulation software
mode strippers → cladding mode strippers
mode-locked fiber lasers: Spotlight 2010-03-22: All-in-one concepts versus modular concepts
mode-locked fiber lasers: Spotlight 2009-08-22: Jitter and phase noise of mode-docked fiber lasers
mode-locked fiber lasers: Spotlight 2009-01-05: Extremely long mode-locked fiber laser
mode-locked fiber lasers: Spotlight 2008-03-17: Ultrafast fiber lasers: re-inventing mode Locking
mode-locked fiber lasers: Case study: mode-locked fiber laser
mode-locked fiber lasers: Case study: mode-locked fiber laser
mode-locked lasers: Spotlight 2011-12-23: mode-locked thin-disk laser
mode-locked lasers: Spotlight 2008-03-26: Mode-locked lasers: lower average powers in shorter pulses
modeling → laser modeling and simulation
modeling: Spotlight 2006-11-16: Laser models – not always useful
modeling: What makes a good physics model
modeling: Ultrashort pulse simulations with the RP Fiber Power software
modes: Tutorial chapter on fiber modes
modes: Case study: Mode structure of a step-index multimode fiber
modes: Spotlight 2008-04-15: Abused photonics terms: modes
modes: Propagating optical fields in fibers based on modes or with numerical beam propagation
modified chemical vapor deposition → fiber fabrication
modulators → optical modulators
monochromatic light: Spotlight 2019-08-26: Can monochromatic light be unpolarized?
monochromaticity → linewidth
monocrystalline fibers → single-crystal fibers
monocrystalline mirrors → crystalline mirrors
monofrequency lasers → single-frequency lasers
monomode fibers → single-mode fibers
multi-mode fibers → multimode fibers
multi-phonon transitions: Spotlight 2018-04-06: Laser physics: the essential roles of phonons in solid-state lasers
multi-stage amplifiers → amplifier chains
multi-stage amplifiers: Tutorial chapter on multi-stage fiber amplifiers
multi-stage amplifiers: Modeling multi-stage amplifiers with RP Fiber Power
multi-wavelength lasers → multi-line lasers
multilayer coatings → dielectric coatings
multilayer mirrors → dielectric mirrors
multimode fibers: Tutorial chapter on multimode fibers
multimode fibers: Case study: Number of modes of a highly multimode fiber
multimode fibers: Launching light into step-index multimode fibers
multimode fibers: Spotlight 2013-11-12: Beam quality limit for multimode fibers
multimode pump combiners → fiber-optic pump combiners
multimode waveguides → waveguides
multipass amplifiers: Case study: multipass amplifier
multiphoton ionization → laser-induced breakdown
multiphoton microscopy → fluorescence microscopy
multiple pulses → double pulses
Acronyms with M
MCAO = multiconjugate adaptive optics
MCF = multi-core fiber
MCP = microchannel plate
MCVD = modified chemical vapor deposition → fiber fabrication
MDM = mode division multiplexing
MFD = mode field diameter → mode radius
MISER = monolithic isolated single-mode end-pumped ring → NPRO = nonplanar ring oscillator
MMF = multimode fiber
MOF = microstructure optical fiber → photonic crystal fibers
MOFA = master oscillator fiber amplifier
MOPA = master oscillator power amplifier
MOPFA = master oscillator power fiber amplifier
MQW = multiple quantum wells
MSM photodetector = metal–semiconductor–metal photodetector