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On this page you find all our encyclopedia articles on keywords beginning with "N". Indented lines indicate articles on related topics. Further below, you find the acronyms.
(See also: list of products for the letter N)
nanoscopy → laser microscopy
Nd:YAG → YAG lasers
Nd:YLF → YLF lasers
Nd:YVO4 → vanadate lasers
negative-index materials → photonic metamaterials
neodymium-doped fibers → rare-earth-doped fibers
nitrogen lasers → gas lasers
no-cloning theorem → quantum cryptography
noise → laser noise
Spotlight 2007-01-27: Noise figure of amplifiers
noise reduction → stabilization of lasers
nonlinear amplification → parametric amplification
nonlinear coefficient → effective nonlinear coefficient
nonlinear fiber loop mirrors → fiber loop mirrors
nonlinear frequency conversion
Spotlight 2016-10-27: Challenges for nonlinear frequency conversion in extreme wavelength regions
Spotlight 2014-11-14: Correctly designing frequency conversion stages: not easy, but worthwhile!
nonlinear mirror mode locking → mode locking
nonlinear polarization rotation
nonlinear polarization waves → polarization waves
nonlinear pulse compression → pulse compression
nonlinear refractive index → nonlinear index
nonlinear self-focusing → self-focusing
Tutorial chapter on nonlinearities of optical fibers
Spotlight 2010-03-09: Nonlinearities in fiber amplifier modeling
Spotlight 2007-05-26: Optical isotropy: nonlinear interactions are different!
normal dispersion → dispersion
normalized frequency → V number
number density of dopant → doping concentration
numerical modeling → pulse propagation modeling
Acronyms beginning with N
NA = numerical aperture
NALM = nonlinear amplifying loop mirror
ND filter = neutral density filter
NEP = noise-equivalent power
NLO = nonlinear optics
NOLM = nonlinear optical loop mirror
NOPA = noncollinear optical parametric amplifier
NPRO = nonplanar ring oscillator
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