A bulk crystalline optic which permits the propagation of light through a volume of index altered material. The variation in refractive index along the material volume is due to a piezoelectric transducer with acoustic absorber. The index grating...

A device using a parametric amplifier inside a resonant optical cavity to generate a frequency-tunable coherent beam of...

A hyperspectral imaging camera is a sophisticated imaging device capable of capturing and processing data across a wide...

Metasurfaces are two-dimensional arrays of subwavelength-scale artificial structures, often referred to as meta-atoms or...

Optofluidics is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles from optics and fluidics to create devices and systems...

A swept-source laser, also known as a wavelength-swept laser, is a type of laser that rapidly and continuously changes its...

A laser using a dye solution as its active medium. Its output is a short pulse of broad spectral content and its achievable...

A device that uses nematic liquid crystals sandwiched between fused silica substrates to change the phase of polarized...

A synchrotron is a type of particle accelerator that uses magnetic fields to steer charged particles, typically electrons or...

An etalon is an optical device that consists of two parallel reflecting surfaces separated by a precise and known distance....

A pulsed dye laser in which the excitation is provided by means of a flashlamp. Output is tunable from 335 to 850 nm, with...

Any form of laser; e.g., a dye laser, having an output that can be adjusted over a wide range of wavelengths. Normally the...

A maser that relies on the fact that electrons in orbital motion in high-magnetic fields will emit energy at the cyclotron...

A free-electron laser (FEL) is a type of laser that generates coherent, high-intensity electromagnetic radiation by using a...

A spectroscopic technique in which an excitation band absorbs laser energy resulting in an electronic transition. The...

Certain color centers in the alkali halides have been optically pumped to produce efficient tunable pulsed and...

A laser with a gain medium consisting of an organic dye, which is carbon-based. The dye is mixed with a solvent, allowing...

A GaAlAs laser is a type of semiconductor laser diode that emits light in the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic...

Micro-optics refers to the design, fabrication, and application of optical components and systems at a microscale level....

A hydrogel is a three-dimensional network of polymer chains that are hydrophilic, meaning they have a strong affinity for...

A host crystal for chromium that emits pulsed or continuous-wave laser light, tunable from about 720 to 790 nm.

Optical materials refer to substances or compounds specifically chosen for their optical properties and used in the...

Supercontinuum refers to a broad spectrum of light that spans a wide range of wavelengths, typically from the visible to the...