An electro-optic system using, in general form, an evacuated glass envelope with a semitransparent photocathode at one end and a luminescent screen at the other for the amplification of an optical image by conversion into electron streams and the...

Linear optics refers to the study and manipulation of light in a linear and deterministic manner, where the response of...

A microchannel plate (MCP) is a specialized electron multiplier device used in various applications such as particle...

The radiation emitted in semiconductors when electrons in the conduction band recombine with holes in the valence band. If...

Also known as amplification. 1. The increase in a signal that is transmitted from one point to another through an amplifier....

The auxiliary electrode in a photomultiplier that gives rise to secondary emission and amplification when bombarded by...

CID, or charge injection device, camera refers to a type of imaging device that utilizes a specific kind of solid-state...

An ultrafast pulsed laser is a type of laser that emits extremely short pulses of light with durations typically on the...

A laser, which stands for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation," is a device that produces coherent and...

A fiber optic transceiver, often simply referred to as an "optical transceiver," is a device used in fiber optic...

Phase matching is a crucial concept in the field of optics, particularly in nonlinear optics and the generation of coherent...

Chirped pulse amplification (CPA) is a technique used in laser physics to amplify ultrashort laser pulses to high energies...

Nonlinear optics is a branch of optics that studies the optical phenomena that occur when intense light interacts with a...

An aptamer is a short, single-stranded DNA or RNA molecule that can bind to a specific target molecule with high affinity...

Cathode radiant sensitivity refers to the ability of a photocathode to convert incident radiant energy, typically in the...

A material that produces stimulated emission during the process of amplification with a laser system.

A laser cavity, also known as an optical cavity or resonator, is a fundamental component of a laser system. It is a confined...

Means of amplifying optical waves whereby an intense coherent pump wave is made to interact with a nonlinear optical crystal...

An electronic device consisting of a semiconductor material, generally germanium or silicon, and used for rectification,...

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a widely used molecular biology technique used to amplify a specific segment of DNA...

An Er:YAG laser is a type of solid-state laser that uses a crystal made of erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet...

A resonator is a device or system that exhibits resonance, which is a phenomenon that occurs when an external force or...

A photon-counting instrument for use in both space-borne and ground-based photometric and spectroscopic instrumentation....

A fiber laser is a type of laser in which the active gain medium is an optical fiber doped with rare-earth ions such as...

Laser active elements typically refers to the substances or materials within a laser system that play a critical role in the...

A dispersion-shifted fiber (DSF) refers to a type of optical fiber designed to minimize the effects of chromatic dispersion,...

Harmonic generation refers to a nonlinear optical process in which incoming photons interact with a material and produce new...

A femtosecond laser is a type of laser that emits ultrashort pulses of light with durations on the order of femtoseconds,...

Medical lasers are devices that produce intense beams of light with specific characteristics and properties, which are used...

An optical fiber that can be used to amplify an optical input. Erbium rare earth ions are added to the fiber core material...

Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter...

Mode-locking is a technique used in lasers to produce ultrashort pulses of light with durations on the order of picoseconds,...

Double-clad fiber (DCF) is a specialized optical fiber that features two concentric cladding layers surrounding a core. The...

The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The...

A multiple-beam interferometer, usually consisting of two flat plates, with high reflective ability. The plates are set...

An acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Predecessor to the laser, the maser or...

An emitter based on stimulated emission with amplification but insufficient feedback for oscillation to build up.

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a method of secure communication that utilizes principles from quantum mechanics to...

A well plate, also known as a microplate or microtiter plate, is a flat plate with multiple small wells or depressions...

Amplification; the result of the excess of stimulated radiation over absorbed radiation.

Nd:YAG laser refers to a solid-state laser that utilizes neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:Y3Al5O12) as the gain...

An acronym of gamma ray amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. It is a gamma ray laser that operates between...

The compression and intensification of a laser pulse of a specific width into a smaller pulse width. A spherical cavity, in...

Recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) is a molecular biology technique used to rapidly amplify specific DNA or RNA...

The process in which the normal rate of fluorescent emission from a substance is enhanced by virtue of the optical gain of...

A photomultiplier tube (PMT) is a highly sensitive vacuum tube that detects and amplifies low levels of light. It is widely...

A laser whose pulses are expanded, using gratings and optical fibers, before amplification and compressed to increase beam...

In a series of amplifiers, amplification by each of the preceding output.

A photodetector, also known as a photosensor or photodiode, is a device that detects and converts light into an electrical...

Nonlinear optical materials are substances that exhibit optical properties that are not linearly proportional to the...

A device that uses low-level visible radiation or infrared radiation to produce a visual image of a night scene. These...

A technique used to suppress extreme noise amplification during digital image reconstruction that relies on smoothing and...