Keywords beginning with O
On this page you find all our encyclopedia articles on keywords beginning with "O". Indented lines indicate articles on related topics. Further below, you find the acronyms.
(See also: list of products for the letter O)
one-atom lasers → single-atom lasers
OP-GaAs → orientation-patterned semiconductors
operation modes of lasers → modes of laser operation
optical amplifiers → amplifiers
optical bandwidth → bandwidth
optical bomb → superradiance
optical breakdown → laser-induced breakdown
optical cavities → cavities
optical coatings → dielectric coatings
optical communications → optical data transmission
optical damage → laser-induced damage
optical damage threshold → laser-induced damage
optical fiber cables → fiber cables
optical fiber sensors → fiber-optic sensors
optical fiber technology → fiber optics
optical fibers → fibers
optical fluence → fluence
optical frequency domain reflectometry → fiber-optic sensors
optical frequency metrology → frequency metrology
optical frequency synthesizers → frequency combs
optical gain → gain
optical interference → interference
optical interference coatings → dielectric coatings
optical isolators → Faraday isolators
optical lattice clocks → optical frequency standards
optical links → fiber-optic links
optical nanofibers → nanofibers
optical networks → fiber-optic networks
Spotlight 2006-09-21: Power scaling limits of optical parametric amplifiers
optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification
optical parametric oscillators
Spotlight 2007-08-23: An OPO without resonator mirrors
Spotlight 2006-09-03: Resolution of conundrum: threshold power for parametric nonlinear interactions
optical powermeters → powermeters
optical pulse generation → pulse generation
optical pulses → pulses
Spotlight 2016-07-05: The round-trip phase shift in an optical resonator
Spotlight 2009-04-05: Stability of resonators – an ambiguous term
Spotlight 2006-11-28: The role of diffraction in optical resonators
Spotlight 2006-11-21: The resonator mystery
optical return loss → return loss
optical rulers → frequency combs
optical sensors → fiber-optic sensors
Spotlight 2007-10-11: Understanding Fourier spectra
optical spectrum analyzers → spectrometers
optical telegraph → free-space optical communications
optical traps → light forces
optical wavelength → wavelength
optically pumped semiconductor lasers → vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers
orange lasers → yellow and orange lasers
Acronyms beginning with O
OADM = optical add/drop multiplexer → optical fiber communications
OCT = optical coherence tomography
OD = optical density
OFS = optical fiber sensor → fiber-optic sensors
OP-GaAs = orientation-patterned gallium arsenide → orientation-patterned semiconductors
OPA = optical parametric amplifier
OPCPA = optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification
OPG = optical parametric generator (or optical parametric generation)
OPO = optical parametric oscillator
OPS-VECSEL = optically pumped semiconductor vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser
OPSL = optically pumped semiconductor laser → vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers
ORL = optical return loss
OSNR = optical signal-to-noise ratio
OTDM = optical time division multiplexing
OVD = outside vapor deposition → fiber fabrication
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