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1Ring laser gyroscope — For a somewhat similar system that uses fibre optic cables, see fibre optic gyroscope. A ring laser gyroscope (RLG) consists of a ring laser having two counter propagating modes over the same path in order to detect rotation. It operates on the… …
2Optical tweezers — (originally called single beam gradient force trap ) are scientific instruments that use a highly focused laser beam to provide an attractive or repulsive force (typically on the order of piconewtons), depending on the refractive index mismatch… …
3Doppler cooling — is a mechanism that can be used to trap and cool atoms. The term is sometimes used synonymously with laser cooling, though laser cooling includes other techniques. Contents 1 History 2 Brief Explanation 3 Detailed Explanation …
4Optical amplifier — An optical amplifier is a device that amplifies an optical signal directly, without the need to first convert it to an electrical signal. An optical amplifier may be thought of as a laser without an optical cavity, or one in which feedback from… …
5NIST-F1 — NIST F1, source of the official time of the United States NIST F1 is a cesium fountain clock or atomic clock in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado, and serves as the United States primary time and… …
6Active laser medium — The active laser medium or gain medium is the source of optical gain within a laser. The gain results from the stimulated emission of electronic or molecular transitions to a lower energy state from a higher energy statepreviously populated by a… …
7Manipulation of atoms by optical field — When cold atoms or a Bose Einstein condensate (BEC) of an atomic gas is placed in a light standing wave produced by two counter propagating lasers of certain frequency, the atoms are diffracted in different order. A cold atom absorbs a photon… …
8Madison Symmetric Torus — Infobox Magnetic Fusion Device name = Madison Symmetric Torus dev type=Reversed field pinch loc=Madison, Wisconsin, USA rad maj = 1.50 m rad min = 52 cm aspect = 2.88|The Madison Symmetric Torus (MST) is a reversed field pinch (RFP) physics… …
9electromagnetic radiation — Physics. radiation consisting of electromagnetic waves, including radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x rays, and gamma rays. [1950 55] * * * Energy propagated through free space or through a material medium in the form of… …
10cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
