Keywords beginning with D
On this page you find all our articles on keywords beginning with "D". Further below, you find the acronyms.
(See also: list of products for the letter D)
D4σ method → beam radius
damage threshold → laser-induced damage
data transmission:
→ Case study: data transmission
data transmission → optical data transmission
dechirping → pulse compression
delay lines → optical delay lines
delayed self-heterodyne interferometer → self-heterodyne linewidth measurement
demagnification → magnification
depressed cladding → fiber cladding
depressed cladding → fibers
detector cards → laser viewing cards
diameter of laser beam → beam radius
diattenuation → dichroism
dichroic mirrors:
→ Case study: dichroic mirror
dielectric mirrors:
→ Spotlight 2006-10-26: Residual transmission through highly reflecting mirrors
→ Spotlight 2006-11-02: Reflection spectrum of tilted dielectric mirror
difference frequency generation → sum and difference frequency generation
differential photodetection → balanced photodetection
diffraction:
→ Spotlight 2006-11-28: The role of diffraction in optical resonators
→ Spotlight 2006-12-03: Diffraction in optical fibers
→ Spotlight 2019-11-19: Why are large mode areas problematic?
diffractive beamsplitters → diffractive optics
diffractive lenses → diffractive optics
diffuse scattering → scattering
diffusion bonding → composite laser crystals
diode arrays → diode bars
diode bars:
→ Spotlight 2010-04-16: Why large mode area waveguides do not work for laser diodes
diode drivers → laser diode drivers
diode modules → laser diode modules
diode-pumped lasers:
→ Spotlight 2007-06-01: Characterize your pump beam!
diopters → dioptric power
disk lasers → thin-disk lasers
dispersion compensation modules
dispersion relations → Kramers–Kronig relations
dispersion-flattened fibers → dispersion-shifted fibers
dispersive delay lines → optical delay lines
dispersive pulse compression → pulse compression
dispersive pulse stretchers → pulse stretchers
dispersive spectral analysis → spectrometers
distance measurements with lasers
distributed Bragg reflector lasers
distributed mirrors → Bragg mirrors
distributed sensors → fiber-optic sensors
divergence angle → beam divergence
divided-pulse amplification:
→ Spotlight 2007-03-11: Divided-pulse amplification
domain engineering → periodic poling
domain inversion → periodic poling
domain-patterned semiconductors → orientation-patterned semiconductors
domes → optical domes
doped fiber amplifiers → fiber amplifiers
doped fibers → rare-earth-doped fibers
doping concentration:
→ Spotlight 2006-07-01: Lifting the confusion concerning doping concentrations
double refraction → birefringence
double-chirped mirrors → chirped mirrors
double-clad fibers:
→ Case study: cladding-pumped high-power ytterbium-doped fiber laser
→ Case study: pump absorption in a double-clad fiber
→ Tutorial chapter on double-clad fibers
doubly resonant cavities → resonant frequency doubling
doubly resonant oscillators → optical parametric oscillators
dressed states → Sisyphus cooling
dual-segment photodiodes → position-sensitive detectors
dual-stage amplifiers → amplifier chains
duty cycle → quasi-continuous-wave operation
dynamically unstable resonators → unstable resonators
Acronyms beginning with D
DBR = distributed Bragg reflector → distributed Bragg reflector lasers
DCF = dispersion compensating fiber
DCM = dispersion compensation module or double-chirped mirror
DDF = dispersion-decreasing fiber
DDL = direct diode laser
DEDFA = distributed erbium-doped fiber amplifier
DFB laser = distributed feedback laser
DFG = difference-frequency generation
DMD = differential mode delay
DOE = diffractive optical element → diffractive optics
DPA = divided-pulse amplification
DPSSL = diode-pumped solid-state laser
DRO = doubly resonant (parametric) oscillator
DWDM = dense wavelength division multiplexing
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