GLOSSARY
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absorption
spectroscopy
accommodation
AM
amplitude
analog
angioplasty
argon ion laser
atmospheric optical communication
Atom laser
atomic
constituents
atomic force microscopy
atomic
forces
atomic
model
atomic number
atomic
species
atomic
transitions
band gap
beam
divergence
binary
birefringence
blue sky
Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC)
Brewster's
angle
CD
camera
carbon dioxide/monoxide laser
carrier wave
chain reaction
chemical laser
coherent
Compton
scattering
conductor
cones
confocal microscopy
converging
lens
critical
angle
crystal
DVD
damping
daughter
diffraction
diffuse
reflection
digital
diode laser
diverging
lens
doping
dye laser
elastic scattering
Electromagnetic
waves
Electromagnetic
spectrum
electron
hole
emission
spectrum
endoscopy
energy
energy band
energy
levels
excimer laser
excited
state
fiber
cladding
fiber core
fission
fluorescence
fluorescence spectroscopy
FM
forcing
fovea
free-electron laser
frequency
fusion
gain
gas lasers
graded index fiber
ground
state
heat treating
helium neon laser
HOE
holographic
interferometry
holographic optical element
holographic scanner
holography
incandescent
light
index
of refraction
inertial confinement
Infrared spectroscopy
insulator
interference
ion
isotope
LAGEOS
laser,
2-level
laser,
3-level
laser,
4-level
laser assisted cutting
laser
components
laser gyroscope
laser
light properties
laser
medium
laser
modes
laser printer
laser,
Ruby
laser tweezers
LASIK
lattice
LED
lens
lenses,
rules for
lifetime
lithotropsy
longitudinal
wave
macula
magneto-optic
magnification
mass number
materials processing
metastable
Michelson
interferometer
microscopy
MIRACL
mirror
molecule
multi-colored
hologram
multi-photon microscopy
nuclear binding energy
nuclear fission
nuclear fusion
nuclides
optical
fiber
optical fiber
technology
optical lever
optical phase change
pair
production and annihilation
period
Periodic
Table of the Elements
phase
phosphorescence
photocoagulation
photodynamic therapy
photoelectric
effect
photomultiplier
tube
photon
photovaporization
Planck's
constant
plane wave
plasma
polarization
Polaroid
population
inversion
pump
Q switch
quantization
rainbow
holograms
ray
reciprocity
reflection holography
Reflection,
law of
reflective
diffraction grating
Refraction
repeater
resolution
resonance
retina
rhodopsin
ring laser
rods
Ruby laser
scanner
semiconductor
spatial phase difference
spectroscopy
spectrum
specular
reflection
spherical wave
spontaneous
emission
standing
wave
stimulated
emission
telecommunication
thermal
radiation
total
internal reflection
transmission
holography
transverse
wave
triangulation
ultraviolet spectroscopy
valence electron
virtual
image
wave fronts
wave
guide
wavelength
wave
packet
wave-particle
duality
welding
YAG laser
zone plate
