Laser acronyms

A

• AOM – acousto-optic modulator
• AOPDF - acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter
• APD – avalanche photodiode
• APM – additive-pulse mode locking
• ASE – amplified spontaneous emission
• ATD - above threshold dissociation
• ATI - above threshold ionization
• AWG – arrayed waveguide grating

  B

• BPP – beam parameter product

  C

• CD-ROM - compact disc read-only memory
• CEO – carrier-envelope offset
• CEP - carrier-envelope phase
• CPA – chirped-pulse amplification
• CW – continuous wave
• CWDM – coarse wavelength division multiplexing

  D

• DBR – distributed Bragg reflector
• DCM – dispersion-compensation module or double-chirped mirror
• DFB laser – distributed feedback laser
• DFG – difference-frequency generation
• DIAL – differential absorption LIDAR
• DOG - double optical gating
• DOS – density of states
• DPSS – diode pumped solid state
• DWDM – dense wavelength division multiplexing

  E

• ECDL – external cavity diode laser
• EDC – electronic dispersion compensation
• EDFA – erbium-doped fiber amplifier
• Er:YAG –, Er:Y₃Al₅O₁₂
• EOM – electro-optic modulator
• ESA – excited state absorption

  F

• FEL – free electron laser
• FREAG – frequency-resolved electro-absorption gating
• FROG – frequency-resolved optical gating
• FROG-CRAB - frequency-resolved optical gating for complete reconstruction of attosecond bursts
• FWM – four-wave mixing
• FP – Fabry-Perot laser

  G

• GRENOUILLE – grating-eliminated no-nonsense observation of ultrafast incident laser light e-fields

  H

• HeNe – helium–neon laser
• HHG – high harmonic generation

  I

• IR – infrared

  J

K

• KLM – Kerr-lens modelocking

  L

• LASEK – laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratectomy
• LASER – light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• LASIK – laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis
• LBO – lithium triborate
• LiDAR - light detection and ranging
• LLLT – low-level laser therapy

  M

• MASER – microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• MIIPS – multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan
• MOPA – master oscillator power amplifier

  N

• Nd:YAG –, Nd:Y₃Al₅O₁₂
• Nd:YCOB –, YCa₄O₃

  O

• OC – output coupler
• OPO – optical parametric oscillator
• OPA – optical parametric amplifier / optical parametric amplification
• OPCPA – optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

  P

• PI – population inversion

  Q

R

• RABBIT - reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two -photon transitions
• REMPI – resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization

  S

• SHG – second harmonic generation
• SLM – single longitudinal mode
• SPIDER – spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction
• SPM – self-phase modulation

  T

• TE – transverse electric mode
• TEA – transverse electrical discharge in gas at atmospheric pressure
• TEM – transverse electromagnetic mode
• THG – third harmonic generation
• Ti:Sapph - Ti-sapphire laser
• TM – transverse magnetic mode

  U

• UV – ultraviolet

  V

• VCSEL – vertical cavity surface-emitting laser
• VECSEL – vertical external cavity surface-emitting laser

  W

• WDM – wavelength division multiplexing

  X

• XPM – cross-phase modulation
• XPW - Cross-polarized wave generation

  Y

• YAG – yttrium aluminium garnet, Y₃Al₅O₁₂
• YAM - yttrium aluminium monoclinic
• YAP - yttrium aluminium perovskite

  Z