List of laser articles

This is a list of laser topics.

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3D printing, additive manufacturing Abnormal reflection Above-threshold ionization Absorption spectroscopy Accelerator physics Acoustic microscopy Acousto-optic deflector Acousto-optic modulator Acousto-optical spectrometer Acousto-optics Active laser medium Active optics Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System Advanced Tactical Laser Afocal system Airborne laser Airborne wind turbine Airy beam ALKA All gas-phase iodine laser Ambient ionization Amplified spontaneous emission Analytical chemistry Aneutronic fusion Antiproton Decelerator Apache Arrowhead Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation Arago spot Argon fluoride laser Argus laser Asterix IV laser Astrophysical maser Atmospheric-pressure laser ionization Atom interferometer Atom laser Atom probe Atomic clock Atomic coherence Atomic fountain Atomic line filter Atomic ratio Atomic spectroscopy Atomic vapor laser isotope separation Audience scanning Autler–Townes effect Autologous patient-specific tumor antigen response Automated guided vehicle Autonomous cruise control system Avalanche photodiode Axicon

B

Babinet's principleM. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, 1999, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Ballistic photon Bandwidth-limited pulse Bandwidth (signal processing) Barcode reader Basir Beam-powered propulsion Beam diameter Beam dump Beam expander Beam homogenizer Beam parameter product Beamz Big Bang Observer Biophotonics Biosensor Black silicon Blood irradiation therapy Blu-ray Disc Blue laser Boeing Laser Avenger Boeing NC-135 Boeing YAL-1 Bubblegram

C

CLidarBarnes, J. E., S. Bronner, R. Beck, and N. C. Parikh, Boundary layer scattering measurements with a CCD camera lidar, Applied Optics, 42, 2647-2652, 2003. CALIPSO, Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Calligraphic projection Calutron Carbon dioxide laser Carrier generation and recombination Catastrophic optical damage Cauterization Cavity ring-down laser absorption spectroscopy Ceilometer Chaos in optical systems Chemical laser Chemical oxygen iodine laser Chirped mirror Chirped pulse amplification Clementine (spacecraft) Cloud seeding Coherence (physics) Coherence length Coherence time Coherent addition Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy Coherent backscattering Coherent perfect absorber, anti-laser Coherent spectroscopy Collimator Colloidal crystal Color LaserWriter Color engraving Common Infrared Countermeasures program CD player Compatible Toner Cartridge Computed tomography laser mammography Computer Output to Laser Disc Confocal laser scanning microscopy Confocal microscopy Containment field Continuous scan laser Doppler vibrometry Continuous wave Coordinate-measuring machine Copper vapor laser Core/Shell Semiconductor Nanocrystals Corneal Waveform technology Coupling parameter Crystal oven Cyclic ozone Cyclops laser

D

Dark state David Laserscanner Dazer Laser Dazzler (weapon) Defence Research and Development Organisation Delayed extraction Dental laser Detonator Diamond anvil cell Diamond blade Diamond enhancement Diamond turning Dichroic filter Dielectric mirror Diffractive beam splitter Digital holographic microscopy Diode-pumped solid-state laser Dipole trap Direct laser lithography Direct metal laser sintering Directed-energy weaponAir University Research Template: "NON-LETHAL WEAPONS: SETTING OUR PHASERS ON STUN? Potential Strategic Blessings and Curses of Non-Lethal Weapons on the Battlefield"; Erik L. Nutley, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF; August 2003; Occasional Paper No. 34; Center for Strategy and Technology; Air War College; Air University; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; PG12 Disk laser Dispersive prism Distributed Bragg reflector Distributed acoustic sensing Distributed feedback laser Distributed temperature sensing Dopant Doppler cooling limit Double-clad fiber Double-density compact disc Double-slit experiment Dual polarization interferometry Dumpy level Dye laser Dynamic Laser Cruise Control Dynamic light scattering

E

Electric spark Electro-absorption modulator Electro-optic modulator Electrolaser Electromagnetic radiation Electromagnetically induced grating Electromagnetically induced transparency Electronic countermeasure Electronic speckle pattern interferometry Electrophoretic light scattering Electrophotography Electrostatic-sensitive device Encircled energy Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology Endovenous laser treatment Energy transfer upconversion Enriched uranium Er:glass laser European x-ray free electron laser Evolutionary Air and Space Global Laser Engagement Excimer laser Extensometer Extinction cross Extinction ratio Extreme Light Infrastructure Extreme ultraviolet Extreme ultraviolet lithography Eye surgery Eye testing using speckle

F

FILAT, Forward-looking Infrared and Laser Attack Targeting FLASH FROG Fabrication (metal) Fabry–Pérot interferometer Far-infrared laser Fast atom bombardment Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction Femtosecond laser intrastromal vision correction Femtosecond pulse shaping Fiber Bragg grating Fiber disk laser Fiber laser Fibre optic gyroscope Field-Map Figure-8 laser Filament propagation Fire-and-forget Firearm microstamping Fixed-point laser sensors Flash photolysis Flashtube Flow cytometry Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy Fluorescence spectroscopy Forced Rayleigh scattering Fourier domain mode locking 4Pi microscope, a laser scanning fluorescence microscope Frame-dragging Fraunhofer diffraction Free-electron laser Free-space optical communication Frequency Addition Source of Optical Radiation Frequency agility Frequency comb Frequency-resolved optical gating Fuser Fusion power Fusion splicing

G

GBU-44/B Viper Strike GEKKO XII GRENOUILLE Gain-switching Gain (lasers) Galvanometer Gamma ray laser Gamut Gas centrifuge Gas dynamic laser Gas laser Gaser, Gamma Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Gaussian beam Geoscience Laser Altimeter System Glan–laser prism Goniometer Grating-eliminated no-nonsense observation of ultrafast incident laser light e-fields, GRENOUILLE Grating light valve Gravitational wave Gravitational wave detector Gravity laser Guidance system Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket – Laser

H

HDSS HD DVD HELRAM HP LaserJet Handheld projector Hateruma class patrol vessel Heat-affected zone Heat treating Helium–neon laser Heterodyne Heterojunction HiPER High-altitude wind power High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System High Harmonic Generation Holographic Versatile Disc Holographic grating Holographic weapon sight Holography Holometer Homodyne detection Homogeneous broadening Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic Hybrid silicon laser Hydrodynamic focusing Hydrogen fluoride laser Hydroxyl tagging velocimetry

I Ion laser

J Janus laser

K KALI (laser) Kerr-lens modelocking Kerr effect Keyence Krasnopol (Weapon) Krypton fluoride laser

L

LAM, Laser Assisted Myringotomy LANTIRN, Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night LARES (satellite) LCA-Vision LCGT LED printer LFA, Laser flash analysis LIDAR, Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging) LIDAR speed gun LISA Pathfinder LITENING targeting pod LLM01 LOMAK, Light Operated Mouse And Keyboard LT PGB LULI LULI2000 LaSer UK Laboratory for Laser Energetics Laminated object manufacturing Laser Laser-assisted new attachment procedure Laser-based angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy Laser-doppler flowmetry Laser-guided bomb Laser-heated pedestal growth Laser-hybrid welding Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy Laser-induced fluorescence Laser ablation Laser ablation electrospray ionization Laser ablation synthesis in solution Laser absorption spectrometry Laser accelerometer Laser acronyms Laser aiming module Laser airborne depth sounder Laser Arena Laser assisted parking Laser beam divergence Laser beam machining Laser beam profiler Laser beam quality Laser beam riding Laser blended vision Laser bridge Laser broom Laser camera system Laser cannon Laser cautery Laser coagulation Laser communication Laser construction Laser converting Laser cooling Laser crystal Laser cutting Laser dazzler Laser designator Laser detector Laser detuning Laser diffraction analysis Laser diode Laser diode rate equations Laser diode thermal desorption Laser Doppler velocimetry Laser Doppler vibrometer Laser drilling Laser dynamic range imager Laser Electrical Laser engraving Laser extensometer Laser eye surgery Laser fence Laser flash analysis Laser Focus World Laser fusion Laser Geodynamics Satellites, LAGEOS Laser Ghost Laser glass sculpture Laser guidance Laser guide star Laser guided and stabilized arc welding Laser guns Laser hair removal Laser harp Laser heater Laser imaging Laser inertial fusion energy Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, LIGO Laser injection Laser integration line Laser keyboard Laser level Laser levitation Laser light show (Grand Coulee Dam) Laser light shows Laser line level Laser linewidth Laser lithotripsy Laser machine control Laser medicine Laser Mégajoule Laser melting Laser mouse Laser microjet Laser microphone Laser microprobe mass spectrometry Laser microscopy Laser mode Laser oscillation Laser photoplotter Laser pistol Laser plasma acceleration Laser pointer Laser power beaming Laser printer Laser propulsion Laser protection eyewear Laser Radial Laser radial keratotomy Laser rangefinder Laser rapid manufacturing Laser reflecting goniometer Laser resurfacing Laser rot Laser safety Laser scalpel Laser scanner Laser scanning Laser science Laser Science and Technology Centre Laser shaft alignment Laser shock Laser sight Laser snow Laser soldering Laser speckle Laser spectroscopy Laser spray ionization Laser Stratos Laser surface velocimeter Laser survey Laser sword Laser table Laser tag Laser thermal keratoplasty Laser thermometer Laser trackers Laser trimming Laser turntable Laser tweezer Laser vaginal rejuvenation Laser video display Laser video projector Laser voltage prober Laserblast Laserdisc Laserfection Laserfilm LaserLock LaserMotive LaserScope Lasgun LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) Lasing threshold Laspistol Light Light-emitting diode LightScribe Light beam Light dressed state Light gun Light induced voltage alteration Light pulse generator Light therapy Lightcraft Lightning Line laser Liposuction Liquid crystal Liquid crystal laser List of laser applications List of laser types List of petawatt lasers Lloyd's mirror Lockheed Martin Sniper XR Logitech VX Revolution Long path laser Longitudinal mode Low-angle laser light scattering Low level laser therapy Lunar Laser Ranging experiment Lyot filter

M

MALDI imaging MEMS magnetic field sensor MESSENGER MIRACL M squared Madison Symmetric Torus Magnetized target fusion Magneto-optic Kerr effect Magneto-optical drive Magneto-optical trap Manipulation of atoms by optical field Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Marvin (robot) Maser Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization McCumber relation Megamaser Mercury laser Metal aromaticity Michelson interferometer Microplasma Microprobe Microscale thermophoresis Mirror Mirror galvanometer Mirror mount Missile guidance Mobile Tactical High-Energy Laser Mode-locking Mode coupling Mode scrambler Modulating retro-reflector Molecular laser isotope separation Molecular tagging velocimetry Monochromator Moore's law Mosquito laser Motion detection Multiangle light scattering Multifocal multiphoton microscopy Multiphase topology optimisation