A femtosecond laser is a type of laser that emits ultrashort pulses of light with durations on the order of femtoseconds, where one femtosecond is equal to 10-15 seconds. These lasers are capable of generating extremely high peak powers and are...

Q-switched operation, or q-switching, is a technique used in lasers to produce short and intense pulses of light. The term...

An excimer laser is a type of ultraviolet laser that emits short pulses of light in the ultraviolet spectrum. The term...

A spatial light modulator (SLM) is an optical device that modulates or manipulates the amplitude, phase, or polarization of...

Rare earth dopants refer to elements from the lanthanide series, also known as rare earth elements, that are intentionally...

Continuous wave (CW) refers to a type of signal or transmission where the signal is constant and does not vary with time. In...

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

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

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

A unique glass made up of nano-structured materials to create millimeter sized monolithic glass space-variant polarization...

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

A Ti:sapphire laser is a type of solid-state laser that utilizes a titanium-doped sapphire crystal as the gain medium. The...

A beam shaper is an optical device or system designed to modify the spatial profile or intensity distribution of a laser or...