Gain-switching is a technique used in lasers to generate short pulses of light by modulating the gain of the laser medium. This method is distinct from Q-switching and mode-locking, two other common techniques for producing short laser pulses....

A MEMS fiber optic switch is a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device designed to selectively route optical signals...

1. A device used to trace out an object and build up an image. One of the most common of these types is video scanning. The...

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

An electronic device consisting of a semiconductor material, generally germanium or silicon, and used for rectification,...

Optical fiber optic switches are devices used in optical fiber communication systems to selectively route optical signals...

An electro-optic deflector is a device that can change the direction of light beams using an electric field. It operates...

A thin-film device containing miniature optical components connected via optical waveguides on a transparent dielectric...

Optical switching refers to the process of controlling the routing or transmission of optical signals within a network using...

A laser having a Q-switching method that allows separate parallel volumes of the lasing material to act independently of...

A photorefractive material used in image processing, holography and optical switching.

STED microscopy, or stimulated emission depletion microscopy, is a superresolution imaging technique in fluorescence...

In optics, the Pockels effect refers to the phenomenon where the refractive index of a material changes in response to an...

A family of semiconductor switching devices of which the silicon-controlled rectifier and the triac are most commonly used....

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

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

Gallium nitride (GaN) is a compound made up of gallium (Ga) and nitrogen (N). It is a wide-bandgap semiconductor material...

The transmission of data in groups (packets) of information~comma~ each handled as an aggregate.

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

Also known as gatling gun laser. A system that has an array of lasers sharing a common central axis on a rotating Fabry...

A type of optical modulator with potential application in optical switching and displays, in which applied voltage causes a...

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

In a fiber optic communications network, a circuit that connects two switching centers and does not branch off to terminal...

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

A process by which the ionizing capabilities of a laser beam are used to break initiate conduction between pairs of...