Photon Inc. - Glossary of Terms

Glossary of Terms
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Absorb Absorbance Absorption Absorption Absorption Coefficient Factor Accessible Emission Accessible Emission Limit Active Atom (active ion) Active Medium Active Medium Afocal Aiming Beam Amplification Amplitude Angle of Incidence Angstrom Analog Anode Aperture Apparent Visual Angle AR Coatings Argon Articulated Arm ASE Attenuation Attenuation Coefficient Attenuator Autocollimator Average Output Power Aversion Response Axial-Flow Laser Axicon Lens Axis, Optical Axis
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Back Reflection Backscattering Bandwidth Beam Beam Bender Beam Delivery System Beam Diameter Beam Divergence Beam Expander Beam Quality Beam Radius Beam Splitter Beam Splitting Beam Waist Beam Width BeamProfiler BeamScan Bending Loss, Microbending Loss Bit-Error Rate (BER) BERT Birefringent Filter Bit Brewster Windows Brightness Buffer
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C Band Cable Cable Plant, Fiber Optic C.I.E. Calorimeter Carbon dioxide (CO₂) Laser Cavity Chromatic Dispersion Cladding Closed Installation CO₂ Laser Coatings Coaxial Gas Coherence Coherent Radiation Collimated Light Collimation Combiner Mirror Connector Continuous Wave (CW) Convergence Corrected Lens Core Coupler Crystal Crystal Crystal Growth Current Regulation Current Saturation Cutback Method Cutoff Wavelength CW
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dB(mu) dBm Decibel (dB) Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Depth of Field Depth of Focus Detector Dichroic Filte Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) Diffraction Deviation Diffraction Limited Diffuse Reflection Diffuser Diffusion-Cooled Laser Digital Diode Laser Directionality Dispersion Dispersion Shifted Fiber Divergence Dopant Doppler Lidar Doppler Shift Dosimetry Drift Drift (Angular) Duty Cycle
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EDFA Edge-Emitting Diode (E-LED) Effective Area (A_eff) Efficiency EIA Electric Vector Electromagnetic Radiation Electromagnetic Spectrum Electromagnetic Wave Electron Embedded Laser Emergent Beam Diameter Emission Emissivity End Finish Energy Energy Level Pump Level Upper Laser Level Lower Laser Level Ground state Emittance Enclosed Laser Device Energy (Q) Energy Source Enhanced Pulsing Equilibrium Modal Distribution (EMD) Etalon (aka Fabry-Perot Interferometer) Excess Loss Excimer Excimer Laser Excitation Excitation Source Excited State Exposure Extended Source
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F-Number Fabry-Perot Interferometer Far Field FEC (Forward Error Correction) Feedback Femtoseconds Ferrule Fiber Amplifier Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) Fiber Identifier Fiber Optics Fiber Tracer Flashlamp Flexography Fluorescence Flux FO Focal Length Focal Point Focus Folded Resonator FOTP Frequency Fresnel Reflection Fusion Splicer FWHM
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Gain Gain Material (aka Active Medium or Laser Material) Gas Discharge Laser Gas Jet Assist Gas Laser Gated Pulse Gaussian Gaussian Beam Gaussian Curve Goniometric Radiometer Graded Index (GI) Ground State
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Half-Power Point (FWHM) HAZ Heat Sink Helium-Neon Laser ("HeNe") Hertz (Hz) Hologram Host
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Image Incident Light Index of Refraction Index Matching Fluid Index Profile Infrared Radiation Injection Seeding Insertion Loss Integrated Radiance Intensity Intrabeam Viewing Ion Laser Ionizing Radiation Irradiance (E) Irradiation
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Jacket Joule (J) Joule/cm² Jumper Cable
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KTP (Potassium Titanyl Phosphate)
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L Band Lambertian Surface Laser Laser Accessories Laser Device Laser Diode, ILD Laser Hardening Laser Material Laser Medium (Active Medium) Laser Oscillation Laser Rod Laser System Laser Safety Officer (LSO) Lattice Launch Cable LD Leading Edge LED Lens Lidar Lifetime Light Light-Emitting Diode, LED Light Regulation Limiting Angular Subtense Limiting Aperture Limiting Exposure Duration Line Width Link, Fiber Optic Long Wavelength Longitudinal or Axial Mode Loss, Optical Loss Budget Lossy Medium
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Margin Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) Mechanical Splice Meniscus Lens Metastable State Metastable Energy Level Meter Micrometer Microprocessor Microradian Microscopic Fiber Optic Inspection Milliradian Modal Dispersion Mode Mode Field Diameter Mode Filter Mode Locked ModeScan Mode Scrambler Modulation Monochromatic Monochromatic Light Monochromaticity Multimode Multimode Fiber
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Nanosecond Nd:Glass Laser Nd:YAG Laser Near Field Imaging NEMA Neodymium (Nd) Network Noise Nominal Hazard Zone (NHZ) Nominal Ocular Hazard Distance (NOHD) Non-linear Crystal Normal Mode Numerical aperture (NA)
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Object Opacity Open Installation Operation Optic Disc Optical Amplifier Optical Cavity (Resonator) Optical Density Optical Fiber Optical Loss Test Set (OLTS) Optical Parametric Oscillator OPO Optical Power Optical Pumping Optical Radiation Optical Resonator Optical Return Loss, Back Reflection Optical Switch Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) Optically Pumped Lasers Oscillator OTDR Output Coupler Output Power Overfilled launch (OFL) Oxygen Assist
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Phase Photocoagulation Photodiode Photometer Photon Photosensitizers Picosecond Pigtail Plasma Plasma Shield Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) Plastic-Clad Silica (PCS) Fiber Pockel's Cell Point Source Pointing Errors Polarizer Polarization Polarization Population Inversion Power Power Budget Power Density Power Meter Power Meter, Fiber Optic Power Ramping Power Spectral Density Preform Protective Housing Pulse Pulse Duration Pulse Energy Pulse Mode Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF) Pulsed Laser Pulsed Laser Pulsewidth Pump Pump Pumped Medium Pumping
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Q-Switch
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Radian Radiance Brightness Radiant Energy (Q) Radiant Exposure Radiant Flux Radiant Power Radiant Intensity Radiant Power Radiation Radiometry Rayleigh Scattering Receive Cable Receiver Reflectance Reflectivity Reflection Reflectivity Refraction Refractive Index Remote Sensing Active Remote Sensing Passive Remote Sensing Repeater, Regenerator Repetition Rate Repetitively Pulsed Laser Resolution Resonator Resonator Stable Resonator Unstable Resonator Rotating Lens Ruby
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S Band Scanning Laser Scattering Scintillation Secured Enclosure Semiconductor Laser Sensitizer Service Short Wavelength Shot Single Mode Fiber Slab Laser Solid Angle Solid State Laser Source Spectra Absorption Spectra Electro-magnetic Spectrum Gamma Rays X-ray Ultra-Violet (UV) Visible Infrared (IR) Microwave Radio Waves and TV Emission Spectra Spectral Response Spectrometer Specular Reflection Splice (Fusion or Mechanical) Splitting Ratio Spontaneous Emission Spontaneous Emission Spot Size SpotScan Stability Steady State Modal Distribution Step Index Fiber Steradian (sr) Stimulated emission Superpulse Surface Emitter LED
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Talkset, Fiber Optic TEA Laser Telemetry Channel Telescope TEM TEM00 Termination Test cable Test Kit Test Source Thermal Relaxation Threshold TIA Total Internal Reflection Transmission Transmittance Transmitter Transverse Flow Tunable Laser Tunable Dye Laser
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Ultraviolet Radiation
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Vaporization VCSEL Vertical Profile Vignetting Visible Radiation (Light) Visual Fault Locator Vortex
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Watt Watt/cm² Wave Wavelength Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Window Word Wrapper Working Margin
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X-Ray Laser
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YAG
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Z-Cavity