Photonics Dictionary: B

The point at which decreasing current supplied to a laser results in the extinguishing of the laser discharge.

An electron-beam tube in which the current to an output electrode is regulated by the transverse motion of the tube's electron beam.

In computer graphics, the point on the display screen where the electron beam is located before the display instruction is executed. On directed beam display points, vectors and other graphic...

Signal used in optical transmission systems to generate currents in a detector that are decoded with reference to a specified threshold.

Refers to transistors in which the working current flows through two types of semiconductor material: N- and P-type. In bipolar transistors, the working current consists of both positive and negative...

In avalanche photodiodes, the point at which an increase in the reverse bias voltage causes the current gain to approach infinity.