Keywords beginning with N
On this page you find all our articles on keywords beginning with "N". Further below, you find the acronyms.
(See also: list of products for the letter N)
nanoscopy → laser microscopy
nanosecond pulse amplifiers:
→ Tutorial chapter on fiber amplifiers for nanosecond pulses
Nd:YAG → YAG lasers
Nd:YLF → YLF lasers
Nd:YVO4 → vanadate lasers
negative-index materials → photonic metamaterials
neodymium-doped fibers → rare-earth-doped fibers
neon lamps → gas discharge lamps
Nipkow discs → pinholes
nitrogen lasers → gas lasers
no-cloning theorem → quantum cryptography
noise → laser noise
noise figure:
→ Spotlight 2007-01-27: Noise figure of amplifiers
noise of amplifiers:
→ Tutorial chapter on noise of fiber amplifiers
noise reduction → stabilization of lasers
nonlinear amplification → parametric amplification
nonlinear coefficient → effective nonlinear coefficient
nonlinear crystals:
→ Spotlight 2007-09-21: Optimum crystal length for frequency doubling
nonlinear fiber loop mirrors → fiber loop mirrors
nonlinear frequency conversion
nonlinear frequency conversion:
→ Spotlight 2006-08-15: The effect of a double pass in a frequency doubler
→ Spotlight 2006-09-29: Frequency dependence of the conversion efficiency for frequency doubling
→ Spotlight 2007-03-05: More efficient frequency doubling with shorter pulses?
→ Spotlight 2014-11-14: Correctly designing frequency conversion stages: not easy, but worthwhile!
→ Spotlight 2016-10-27: Challenges for nonlinear frequency conversion in extreme wavelength regions
nonlinear mirror mode locking → mode locking
nonlinear polarization rotation
nonlinear polarization waves → polarization waves
nonlinear pulse compression:
→ Case study: nonlinear pulse compression
nonlinear pulse compression → pulse compression
nonlinear refractive index → nonlinear index
nonlinear self-focusing:
→ Case study: nonlinear self-focusing
nonlinear self-focusing → self-focusing
nonlinearities:
→ Spotlight 2007-05-26: Optical isotropy: nonlinear interactions are different!
→ Spotlight 2010-03-09: Nonlinearities in fiber amplifier modeling
nonlinearities of fibers:
→ Tutorial chapter on nonlinearities of optical fibers
normal dispersion → dispersion
normalized frequency → V number
number density of dopant → doping concentration
numerical modeling → pulse propagation modeling
Acronyms beginning with N
NA = numerical aperture
NALM = nonlinear amplifying loop mirror
ND filter = neutral density filter
NEP = noise-equivalent power
NLO = nonlinear optics
NOLM = nonlinear optical loop mirror
NOPA = noncollinear optical parametric amplifier
NPRO = nonplanar ring oscillator
NVD = night vision device
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