Keywords beginning with O
On this page you find all our articles on keywords beginning with "O". Further below, you find the acronyms.
(See also: list of products for the letter O)
objective lenses → objectives
objectives for photography → photographic objectives
one-atom lasers → single-atom lasers
operation modes of lasers → modes of laser operation
OP-GaAs → orientation-patterned semiconductors
optical absorption → absorption
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 data transmission:
→ Case study: data transmission
optical diffusers → diffusers
optical fiber cables → fiber cables
optical fiber communications:
→ Case study: data transmission
optical fiber sensors → fiber-optic sensors
optical fiber technology → fiber optics
optical fibers → fibers
optical fluence → fluence
optical frequency:
→ Wavelength or optical frequency, what is the better specification?
optical frequency domain reflectometry → fiber-optic sensors
optical frequency metrology → frequency metrology
optical frequency synthesizers → frequency combs
optical gain → gain
optical harmonic generators → optical frequency multipliers
optical images → imaging
optical imaging → imaging
optical interference → interference
optical interference coatings → dielectric coatings
optical isolators:
→ Spotlight 2010-06-09: Poor man's isolator
optical isotropy:
→ Spotlight 2007-05-26: Optical isotropy: nonlinear interactions are different!
optical lattice clocks → optical frequency standards
optical metamaterials → photonic metamaterials
optical metasurfaces → photonic metasurfaces
optical mirrors → mirrors
optical nanofibers → nanofibers
optical networks → fiber-optic networks
optical parametric amplifiers:
→ Spotlight 2006-09-21: Power scaling limits of optical parametric amplifiers
optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification
optical parametric oscillators
optical parametric oscillators:
→ Spotlight 2006-09-03: Resolution of conundrum: threshold power for parametric nonlinear interactions
→ Spotlight 2007-08-23: An OPO without resonator mirrors
optical pulse generation → pulse generation
optical pulses → light pulses
optical reflectometers → reflectometers
optical resonators:
→ Spotlight 2006-11-21: The resonator mystery
→ Spotlight 2006-11-28: The role of diffraction in optical resonators
→ Spotlight 2009-04-05: Stability of resonators – an ambiguous term
→ Spotlight 2016-07-05: The round-trip phase shift in an optical resonator
optical retardance → retardance
optical return loss → return loss
optical rotation → optical activity
optical rulers → frequency combs
optical spaces → object and image space
optical spectrum:
→ Spotlight 2007-10-11: Understanding Fourier spectra
optical surface characterization equipment → optical profilometers
optical surface profilers → optical profilometers
optical telegraph → free-space optical communications
optical time-domain reflectometers
optical traps → light forces
optical wavelength → wavelength
optically pumped semiconductor lasers → vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers
optics cleaning → cleaning of optics
optics for lasers → laser optics
optocouplers → opto-isolators
optronics → optoelectronics
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
ODL = optical delay line
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
OSA = optical spectrum analyzer
OSNR = optical signal-to-noise ratio
OTDM = optical time division multiplexing
OTDR = optical time-domain reflectometry
OVD = outside vapor deposition → fiber fabrication
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