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  • 1Laser — For other uses, see Laser (disambiguation). United States Air Force laser experiment …

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  • 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 …

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  • 3Chemical laser — A chemical laser is a laser that obtains its energy from a chemical reaction. Chemical lasers can achieve continuous wave output with power reaching to megawatt levels. They are used in industry for cutting and drilling. Common examples of… …

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  • 4Round-trip gain — refers to the laser physics, and laser cavitys (or laser resonators).It is gain, integrated along a ray, which makes a round trip in the cavity.At the continuous wave operation, the round trip gain gain exactly compensate both, the output… …

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  • 5Coupling parameter — The coupling parameter of the resonator, specifies the part of the energy of the laser field, which is output at each round trip. The coupling parameter should not be confused with the round trip loss, which refers to the part of the energy of… …

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  • 6Quantum amplifier — In physics, the term quantum amplifier may refer to any device, which use some non classical (quantum) effects for amplification of signal. In this sense, the active element of an optical laser can be considered as quantum amplifier.The weak… …

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  • 7Optical cavity — An optical cavity or optical resonator is an arrangement of mirrors that forms a standing wave cavity resonator for light waves. Optical cavities are a major component of lasers, surrounding the gain medium and providing feedback of the laser… …

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  • 8Resonance — This article is about resonance in physics. For other uses, see Resonance (disambiguation). Resonant redirects here. For the phonological term, see Sonorant. Increase of amplitude as damping decreases and frequency approaches resonant frequency… …

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  • 9Microelectromechanical system oscillator — Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) oscillators are timing devices that generate highly stable reference frequencies. These reference frequencies are used to sequence electronic systems, manage data transfer, define radio frequencies, and… …

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  • 10Kerr-lens modelocking — (KLM) is a method of modelocking lasers via a nonlinear optical process known as the optical Kerr effect . This method allows the generation of pulses of light with a duration as short as a few femtoseconds.The optical Kerr effect is a process… …

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