Phenomenon caused by an ultrashort and ultra-intense light pulse propagating in a Kerr medium, such as air or water. When the pulse's power exceeds the critical power (approximately 3 GW in air), multiphoton ionization of the medium's molecules...

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

Dispersion characterized by an increasing index of refraction in the medium as the frequency of the propagating light...

The condition in a multimode optical waveguide in which the relative power distribution among the propagating modes is...

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...

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

Micro-optical coherence tomography (micro-OCT) is an imaging technique that is an adaptation of optical coherence tomography...

The variation in attenuation among the propagating modes of an optical fiber.

A receiver-transmitter device that automatically transmits a signal when the proper interrogating signal is received.

Nanoparticle photonic resonator absorption microscopy is a microscopy technique that combines the principles of photonic...

Capability requirement for optical switches for transmission lines to process arbitrarily polarized light because of the...

A powerful method, referred to as FCS, for determining the average diffusion coefficients of fluorescent molecules in...

Describes incident radiation propagating parallel to an externally applied magnetic field in magneto-optical experimentation.

A transparent crystalline substance in which the refractive index of the optic axis (extraordinary axis) is different from...

Expression of the length of a transmission medium in terms of wavelengths of the propagating wavelength. In general,...

In passive optical components, loss that varies as the polarization state of the propagating wave changes. Expressed as the...

Fraction of light counter propagating collinear with the incident source. Processes considering backscattering are Raman,...

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

The Kerr effect, named after the physicist John Kerr who first observed it in 1875, is a nonlinear optical phenomenon where...

Acronym for profile resolution obtained by excitation. In its simplest form, probe involves the overlap of two...

Dispersion that occurs when the medium's index of refraction decreases as the frequency of the propagating light increases....

For a given mode propagating in a medium of refractive index n, the velocity of light in vacuum c, divided by the group...

A ring dye laser that uses prisms and a saturable absorber within the laser cavity to shape and shorten the pulses...

Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) is a spectroscopic technique that involves using a laser to excite molecules or atoms,...

A waveguide that has a core with a lower refractive index than the refractive index of the cladding. This structure can...

A discontinuous burst of laser light generated by timing or "gating'' a continuous-wave laser.

A coherent fiber bundle (CFB), also known as a coherent fiber optic bundle, is an assembly of multiple optical fibers...

A fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) is a type of gyroscope that uses the interference of light waves to detect changes in...

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

A mechanism or device, especially a coating with a refractive index equal to or slightly greater than that of an optical...

Raman spectroscopy is a technique used in analytical chemistry and physics to study vibrational, rotational, and other...

That distortion resulting from dispersion of the group velocity of a propagating mode. It is the only distortion occurring...

Design and engineering consulting services refer to professional services provided by specialized firms or individuals to...

1. The branch of physics that deals with the use of electrical energy to create or manipulate light waves, generally by...

Counter propagating beams imaged along the same path in order to detect rotation. Precise rotation is measured through...

The total scattering attributable to the intrinsic properties of the materials through which an optical wave is propagating.

Photonic crystals are artificial structures or materials designed to manipulate and control the flow of light in a manner...