A color center, in the context of materials science and condensed matter physics, refers to a specific type of crystallographic defect in a crystalline structure that introduces color to the material. These defects are often responsible for...

Mathematical compensation for the nonhydrogenic behavior of recombination radiation levels of gases, based on the quantum...

The area of optics in which quantum theory is used to describe light in discrete units or "quanta" of energy known as...

A laser having a rare-earth chelate within a plastic host as the lasing material. The chelate laser is easily pumped and has...

Attosecond-pump attosecond-probe spectroscopy (APAP) is an advanced technique in ultrafast spectroscopy that allows...

A microbubble resonator is a device used in photonics and optical physics for the precise manipulation of light waves. It...

Observed phenomenon in laser pulses in which a large number of excited electrons are created and in which multiphoton...

The concept of the de Broglie wavelength exploits the wave-particle duality of quantum physics by associating all matter (of...

An absorption peak refers to a sharp increase or spike in the absorption of electromagnetic radiation at a particular...

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

Operation in which the minimum detectable signal is set because of variations in the average signal current; e.g., quantum...

A quantum of electromagnetic energy of a single mode; i.e., a single wavelength, direction and polarization. As a unit of...

A magnon is a quasiparticle representing a quantized spin wave in a magnetic material. In other words, it is a collective...

A Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) is a state of matter that forms at temperatures close to absolute zero. It is named after...

Bohr's formulation that every new theoretical principle must correspond to the salient classical predecessor. The principle...

A CCD that has been reduced in thickness by etching so that light passes through the back layers of the CCD. This type of...

A phonon is a quantum of vibrational energy associated with the periodic motion of atoms or molecules in a crystalline...

The Casimir force is a quantum phenomenon that results in an attractive force between two closely spaced uncharged...

The spontaneous emittance of electromagnetic radiation by the nucleus of certain radioactive elements during their quantum...

A narrow channel created by cleaving a crystal made of alternating layers of gallium arsenide and aluminum gallium arsenide,...

A charged elementary particle of an atom; the term is most commonly used in reference to the negatively charged particle...

The square of the ratio of the measured detectivity to the theoretical maximum detectivity.

In optics and photolithography, a phase mask refers to a device that modifies the phase of light waves passing through it....

An optically bistable device used for photonic switching, constructed of a multiple quantum well biased by an external...

A quantum dot is a nanoscale semiconductor structure, typically composed of materials like cadmium selenide or indium...

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

Quantum efficiency (QE) is a measure of the effectiveness with which a device or system, typically in the context of...

A Mach-Zehnder interferometer is an optical device used to measure the phase difference between two collimated beams of...

A blue diode laser is a type of semiconductor laser that emits light in the blue wavelength range of the electromagnetic...

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

A fluorophore is a molecule or a portion of a molecule that has the ability to emit light upon excitation by an external...

A vibrational transition refers to a change in the vibrational energy of a molecule. Molecules consist of atoms that are...

A terahertz spectrometer is a scientific instrument used to measure and analyze the properties of materials in the terahertz...

An optical gate typically refers to a device or system that controls the transmission of light, allowing it to pass through...

Quantum confinement refers to the phenomenon in quantum mechanics where the motion of charge carriers, such as electrons or...

A diagram in which the variable frequencies of a spectral band system are plotted corresponding to ascending values of the...

The universal constant h that has a value of 6.6260693 x 10-34 Js. A quantum of energy is equal to the product of the...

QLED stands for quantum dot light-emitting diode. QLED is a display technology that utilizes quantum dots, which are...

GaN (Gallium Nitride) distributed feedback (DFB) lasers refer to a specific type of semiconductor laser based on Gallium...

An observed effect of the ability of certain atomic particles to pass through a barrier that they cannot pass over because...

The number of electrons emitted per photon incident upon a photodetector.

A fundamental law of quantum theory which states that the discrete quanta of energy transfers associated with...

An APD detector, or avalanche photodiode detector, is a type of photodetector used to detect light or optical signals by...

Radiation emitted when a quantum mechanical system drops spontaneously from an excited level to a lower level. This...

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

The technology that deals with the interaction of organic materials with light and other forms of radiant energy whose...

An intensified charge-coupled device (ICCD) camera is an advanced imaging device that combines the capabilities of both an...

The term "Rydberg atom" refers to an atom in a highly excited state where one or more of its electrons are in a Rydberg...

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

The slope of the curve when output is plotted against input for quantum efficiency in a device.

A photodetector in which an electrical charge is produced when incident photons change electrons within the detecting...

Nanophotonics is a branch of science and technology that explores the behavior of light on the nanometer scale, typically at...

A semiconductor laser that operates in the infrared and that is pumped with strong pulses of radiation from a second laser....

Scientific complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (sCMOS) refers to a type of image sensor technology specifically designed...

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

A photoreceptor material used in solar cells and in drums for laser printers and high-speed copiers because of its high...

The individual coherent series of lightwaves that defines a quantum of radiant energy. Light quantum is equal to hv, h being...

The difference between the energy of an atom in its ground state and that of the same atom in its excited (quantum) state.

1. The process by which an atom acquires energy sufficient to raise it to a quantum state higher than its ground state. 2....

An advanced technique that allows the detection of one molecule within a crystal or a cell through optical excitation....

A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is a compact and integrated device that incorporates multiple photonic components and...

The process whereby a quantum mechanical system alters from one energy level to another. During this process, energy is...

Quantum-enhanced metrology refers to the use of quantum mechanics principles and techniques to enhance the precision and...

A quantum well is a structure in quantum mechanics that confines particles, such as electrons or holes, in one spatial...

Quantum sensing refers to a class of sensing technologies that leverage principles from quantum mechanics to enhance the...

The number of electrons that can share a principal quantum number by preventing identity between any two electrons' four...

Integrated photonics is a field of study and technology that involves the integration of optical components, such as lasers,...

In photonics, a lattice refers to a periodic arrangement of optical elements or structures, often on a microscopic or...

A quantum cascade laser (QCL) is a type of semiconductor laser that operates based on the principles of quantum mechanics....

The science of all complex elements of atomic and molecular spectra, and the interaction of radiation and matter.

The term quantum refers to the fundamental unit or discrete amount of a physical quantity involved in interactions at the...

An optical clock is a highly precise and advanced timekeeping device that relies on the oscillations of electromagnetic...

A single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) is a specialized type of photodetector designed to detect extremely weak optical...

An electro-optic modulator (EOM) is a device used to modulate the amplitude, phase, or polarization of light waves using an...

Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon in quantum mechanics where two or more particles become correlated to such an extent...

Cold atoms refer to atoms that have been cooled to extremely low temperatures, typically in the microkelvin (µK) to...

Noise generated within an optical communications system link that has both internal (dark current) and external (background...

A mid-infrared camera is a type of imaging device designed to capture images in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral range,...

A qubit, short for quantum bit, is the fundamental unit of information in quantum computing and quantum information...

A nitrogen vacancy (NV) refers to a specific type of defect or impurity in a crystal lattice where a nitrogen atom replaces...