light-pumped laser
1Laser pumping — is the act of energy transfer from an external source into the gain medium of a laser. The energy is absorbed in the medium, producing excited states in its atoms. When the number of particles in one excited state exceeds the number of particles… …
2Laser diode — Top: a packaged laser diode shown with a penny for scale. Bottom: the laser diode chip is removed from the above package and placed on the eye of a needle for scale …
3Laser safety — A typical laser warning symbol. Laser safety is safe design, use and implementation of lasers to minimize the risk of laser accidents, especially those involving eye injuries. Since even relatively small amounts of laser light can lead to… …
4Laser cutting — process on a sheet of steel. CAD (top) and stainless steel laser cut part (bottom) Laser cutting is a technology that uses a laser to cut materials, an …
5Laser TV — is a new video display technology using laser optoelectronics.HistoryProposed as long ago as 1966 [cite web url=http://www.insightmedia.info/reportinfo.php?2006laser title=2006 Laser Projection Systems Report publisher=… …
6Laser ablation — is the process of removing material from a solid (or occasionally liquid) surface by irradiating it with a laser beam. At low laser flux, the material is heated by the absorbed laser energy and evaporates or sublimates. At high laser flux, the… …
7Laser Mégajoule — (LMJ) is an experimental inertial confinement fusion (ICF) device being built near Bordeaux, in France by the French nuclear science directorate, CEA. Laser Mégajoule plans to deliver about 1.8 MJ of laser energy to its targets, making it… …
8Laser — For other uses, see Laser (disambiguation). United States Air Force laser experiment …
9Laser construction — A laser is constructed from three principal parts:*An energy source (usually referred to as the pump or pump source ), *A gain medium or laser medium , and *Two or more mirrors that form an optical resonator . Pump sourceThe pump source is the… …
10Laser applications — There are many scientific, military, medical and commercial laser applications which have been developed since the invention of the laser in the 1958. The coherency, high monochromaticity, and ability to reach extremely high powers are all… …
