List of laser articles

This is a list of laser topics.

A 3D printing, additive manufacturing Abnormal reflection Above-threshold ionization Absorption spectroscopy Accelerator physics Acoustic microscopy Acousto-optic deflector Acousto-optic modulator Acousto-optical spectrometer Acousto-optics Active laser medium Active optics Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System Advanced Tactical Laser Afocal system Airborne laser Airborne wind turbine Airy beam ALKA All gas-phase iodine laser Ambient ionization Amplified spontaneous emission Analytical chemistry Aneutronic fusion Antiproton Decelerator Apache Arrowhead Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation Arago spot Argon fluoride laser Argus laser Asterix IV laser Astrophysical maser Atmospheric-pressure laser ionization Atom interferometer Atom laser Atom probe Atomic clock Atomic coherence Atomic fountain Atomic line filter Atomic ratio Atomic spectroscopy Atomic vapor laser isotope separation Audience scanning Autler–Townes effect Autologous patient-specific tumor antigen response Automated guided vehicle Autonomous cruise control system Avalanche photodiode Axicon B Babinet's principle[1] Ballistic photon Bandwidth-limited pulse Bandwidth (signal processing) Barcode reader Basir Beam-powered propulsion Beam diameter Beam dump Beam expander Beam homogenizer Beam parameter product Beamz Big Bang Observer Biophotonics Biosensor Black silicon Blood irradiation therapy Blu-ray Disc Blue laser Boeing Laser Avenger Boeing NC-135 Boeing YAL-1 Bubblegram C CLidar[2] CALIPSO, Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Calligraphic projection Calutron Carbon dioxide laser Carrier generation and recombination Catastrophic optical damage Cauterization Cavity ring-down laser absorption spectroscopy Ceilometer Chaos in optical systems Chemical laser Chemical oxygen iodine laser Chirped mirror Chirped pulse amplification Clementine (spacecraft) Cloud seeding Coherence (physics) Coherence length Coherence time Coherent addition Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy Coherent backscattering Coherent perfect absorber, anti-laser Coherent spectroscopy Collimator Colloidal crystal Color LaserWriter Color engraving Common Infrared Countermeasures program CD player Compatible Toner Cartridge Computed tomography laser mammography Computer Output to Laser Disc Confocal laser scanning microscopy Confocal microscopy Containment field Continuous scan laser Doppler vibrometry Continuous wave Coordinate-measuring machine Copper vapor laser Core/Shell Semiconductor Nanocrystals Corneal Waveform technology Coupling parameter Crystal oven Cyclic ozone Cyclops laser D Dark state David Laserscanner Dazer Laser[3] Dazzler (weapon) Defence Research and Development Organisation Delayed extraction Dental laser Detonator Diamond anvil cell Diamond blade Diamond enhancement Diamond turning Dichroic filter Dielectric mirror Diffractive beam splitter Digital holographic microscopy Diode-pumped solid-state laser Dipole trap Direct laser lithography Direct metal laser sintering Directed-energy weapon[4] Disk laser Dispersive prism Distributed Bragg reflector Distributed acoustic sensing Distributed feedback laser Distributed temperature sensing Dopant Doppler cooling limit Double-clad fiber Double-density compact disc Double-slit experiment Dual polarization interferometry Dumpy level Dye laser Dynamic Laser Cruise Control Dynamic light scattering E Electric spark Electro-absorption modulator Electro-optic modulator Electrolaser Electromagnetic radiation Electromagnetically induced grating Electromagnetically induced transparency Electronic countermeasure Electronic speckle pattern interferometry Electrophoretic light scattering Electrophotography Electrostatic-sensitive device Encircled energy Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology Endovenous laser treatment Energy transfer upconversion Enriched uranium Er:glass laser European x-ray free electron laser Evolutionary Air and Space Global Laser Engagement Excimer laser Extensometer Extinction cross Extinction ratio Extreme Light Infrastructure Extreme ultraviolet Extreme ultraviolet lithography Eye surgery Eye testing using speckle F FILAT, Forward-looking Infrared and Laser Attack Targeting FLASH FROG Fabrication (metal) Fabry–Pérot interferometer Far-infrared laser Fast atom bombardment Femtolab Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction Femtosecond laser intrastromal vision correction Femtosecond pulse shaping Fiber Bragg grating Fiber disk laser Fiber laser Fibre optic gyroscope Field-Map Figure-8 laser Filament propagation Fire-and-forget Firearm microstamping Fixed-point laser sensors Flash photolysis Flashtube Flow cytometry Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy Fluorescence spectroscopy Forced Rayleigh scattering Fourier domain mode locking 4Pi microscope, a laser scanning fluorescence microscope Frame-dragging Fraunhofer diffraction Free-electron laser Free-space optical communication Frequency Addition Source of Optical Radiation Frequency agility Frequency comb Frequency-resolved optical gating Fuser Fusion power Fusion splicing G GBU-44/B Viper Strike GEKKO XII GRENOUILLE Gain-switching Gain (lasers) Galvanometer Gamma ray laser Gamut Gas centrifuge Gas dynamic laser Gas laser Gaser, Gamma Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Gaussian beam Geoscience Laser Altimeter System Glan–laser prism Goniometer Grating-eliminated no-nonsense observation of ultrafast incident laser light e-fields, GRENOUILLE Grating light valve Gravitational wave Gravitational wave detector Gravity laser Guidance system Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket – Laser H HDSS HD DVD HELRAM HP LaserJet Handheld projector Hateruma class patrol vessel Heat-affected zone Heat treating Helium–neon laser Heterodyne Heterojunction HiPER High-altitude wind power High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System High Harmonic Generation Holographic Versatile Disc Holographic grating Holographic weapon sight Holography Holometer Homodyne detection Homogeneous broadening Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic Hybrid silicon laser Hydrodynamic focusing Hydrogen fluoride laser Hydroxyl tagging velocimetry I Ion laser J Janus laser K KALI (laser) Kerr-lens modelocking Kerr effect Keyence Krasnopol (Weapon) Krypton fluoride laser L LAM, Laser Assisted Myringotomy LANTIRN, Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night LARES (satellite) LCA-Vision LCGT LED printer LFA, Laser flash analysis LIDAR, Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging) LIDAR speed gun LISA Pathfinder LITENING targeting pod LLM01 LOMAK, Light Operated Mouse And Keyboard LT PGB LULI LULI2000 LaSer UK Laboratory for Laser Energetics Laminated object manufacturing Laser Laser-assisted new attachment procedure Laser-based angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy Laser-doppler flowmetry Laser-guided bomb Laser-heated pedestal growth Laser-hybrid welding Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy Laser-induced fluorescence Laser ablation Laser ablation electrospray ionization Laser ablation synthesis in solution Laser absorption spectrometry Laser accelerometer Laser acronyms Laser aiming module Laser airborne depth sounder Laser Arena Laser assisted parking Laser beam divergence Laser beam machining Laser beam profiler Laser beam quality Laser beam riding Laser blended vision Laser bridge Laser broom Laser camera system Laser cannon Laser cautery Laser coagulation Laser communication Laser construction Laser converting Laser cooling Laser crystal Laser cutting Laser dazzler Laser designator Laser Design, Inc. Laser detector Laser detuning Laser diffraction analysis Laser diode Laser diode rate equations Laser Doppler velocimetry Laser Doppler vibrometer Laser drilling Laser dynamic range imager Laser Electrical Laser engraving Laser extensometer Laser eye surgery Laser fence Laser flash analysis Laser Focus World Laser fusion Laser Geodynamics Satellites, LAGEOS Laser Ghost Laser glass sculpture Laser guidance[5] Laser guide star Laser guns Laser hair removal Laser harp Laser heater Laser imaging Laser inertial fusion energy Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, LIGO Laser injection Laser integration line Laser keyboard Laser level Laser levitation Laser light show (Grand Coulee Dam) Laser light shows Laser line level Laser linewidth Laser lithotripsy Laser machine control Laser medicine Laser Mégajoule Laser melting Laser mouse Laser microjet Laser microphone Laser microprobe mass spectrometry Laser microscopy Laser mode Laser oscillation Laser photoplotter Laser pistol Laser plasma acceleration Laser pointer Laser power beaming Laser printer Laser propulsion Laser protection eyewear Laser Radial Laser radial keratotomy Laser rangefinder Laser rapid manufacturing Laser reflecting goniometer Laser resurfacing Laser rot Laser safety Laser scalpel Laser scanner Laser scanning Laser science Laser Science and Technology Centre Laser shaft alignment Laser shock Laser sight Laser snow Laser soldering Laser speckle Laser spectroscopy Laser spray ionization Laser Stratos Laser surface velocimeter Laser survey Laser sword Laser table Laser tag Laser thermal keratoplasty Laser thermometer Laser trackers Laser trimming Laser turntable Laser tweezer Laser vaginal rejuvenation Laser video display Laser video projector Laser voltage prober Laserblast Laserdisc Laserfection Laserfilm LaserLock LaserMotive LaserScope Lasgun LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) Lasing threshold Laspistol Light Light-emitting diode LightScribe Light beam Light dressed state Light gun Light induced voltage alteration Light pulse generator Light therapy Lightcraft Lightning Line laser Liposuction Liquid crystal Liquid crystal laser List of laser applications List of laser types List of petawatt lasers Lloyd's mirror Lockheed Martin Sniper XR Logitech VX Revolution Long path laser Longitudinal mode Low-angle laser light scattering Low level laser therapy Lunar Laser Ranging experiment Lyot filter

M MALDI imaging MEMS magnetic field sensor MESSENGER MIRACL M squared Madison Symmetric Torus Magnetized target fusion Magneto-optic Kerr effect Magneto-optical drive Magneto-optical trap Manipulation of atoms by optical field Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Marvin (robot) Maser Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization McCumber relation Megamaser Mercury laser Metal aromaticity Michelson interferometer Microplasma Microprobe Microscale thermophoresis Mirror Mirror galvanometer Mirror mount Missile guidance Mobile Tactical High-Energy Laser Mode-locking Mode coupling Mode scrambler Modulating retro-reflector Molecular laser isotope separation Molecular tagging velocimetry Monochromator Moore's law Mosquito laser Motion detection Multiangle light scattering Multifocal multiphoton microscopy Multiphase topology optimisation Multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan Multiple-prism dispersion theory Multiple-prism grating laser oscillator Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System N N-slit interferometer N-slit interferometric equation NRLMSISE-00 Nanoimpellers Nanolaser Nanoneedle Nanosecond Nanosight National Ignition Facility Nd:YAG laser Nd:glass laser NeXT Laser Printer Near-field scanning optical microscope Negative temperature Neutral density filter Newton's flaming laser sword Nicoll-Dyson Laser Nike laser Nitrogen laser Noble gas Noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectroscopy Non-ionizing radiation Nonlinear optics Novette laser Nuclear fusion-fission hybrid Nuclear photonic rocket Nuclear pumped laser Numerical aperture O OMAC Laser 300 Open fiber control Optical Express Optical amplifier Optical autocorrelation Optical beam dump Optical beam induced current Optical bistability Optical cavity Optical coherence tomography Optical cross section Optical decay Optical dilatometer Optical disc drive Optical downconverter Optical feedback Optical heterodyne detection Optical imaging Optical interferometry Optical lattice Optical lift Optical media preservation Optical microcavity Optical modulation amplitude Optical modulator Optical molasses Optical parametric amplifier Optical parametric oscillator Optical power budget Optical pumping Optical recording Optical ring resonators Optical storage Optical table Optical tape Optical train Optical tweezers Optimax Optimized Power Control Orbiter Boom Sensor System Organic photorefractive materials Ormosil Oscillator linewidth Output coupler P PDLCT PITZ PPCT PVLAS Particle-size distribution Particle accelerator Particle counter Particle image velocimetry Particle tracking velocimetry Pascal Photocoagulator Paser Pauli exclusion principle Pave Spike Pave Tack Paveway Penning trap Peresvet Personnel Detection Device Peter Harrison Planetarium, is a 120-seat digital laser planetarium Phased-array optics PHASR, Personnel halting and stimulation response rifle Phoenix (spacecraft) Photoablation Photoconductive atomic force microscopy Photodarkening Photodissociation Photodynamic therapy Photoelectrochemical processes Photoemission spectroscopy Photoflash capacitor Photofragment-ion imaging Photoionization mode Photolithography Photomixing Photon Photon Doppler velocimetry Photon antibunching Photonic-crystal fiber Photonic force microscope Photonic integrated circuit Photonics Photonics Spectra Photophoresis Photoplotter Photorefractive effect Photothermal effect Photothermal spectroscopy Planar Doppler velocimetry Planar laser-induced fluorescence Planetarium projector Plasma Acoustic Shield System Plasma acceleration Plasma channel Plasma cutting Plasma stealth Plasma weapon Plastic surgery Platesetter Plymouth Laser Point-to-point laser technology (PPLT) Polariton laser Polarization ripples Polyus (spacecraft) Ponderomotive energy Population inversion Potassium titanyl phosphate Pound–Drever–Hall technique Power scaling Precision-guided munition Precision bombing Precrash system Printed circuit board Prism coupler Projection keyboard Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons Pulsed laser Pulse repetition frequency Pulsed Energy Projectile, Pulsed Impulsive Kill Laser Pulsed laser deposition Pulsed power Pursuit guidance Q Q-switching Q factor Quantapoint Quantum amplifier Quantum cascade laser Quantum clock Quantum defect Quantum dot Quantum dot laser Quantum heterostructure Quantum imaging Quantum limit Quantum noise Quantum tomography Quantum well Quantum well laser Quenching (fluorescence) R Radar Radar detector Radar gun Radial polarization Rail inspection Rainbow hologram Raman cooling Raman laser Raman microscope Raman scattering Random laser Range imaging Rangefinder Rare-earth element Rave Ray transfer matrix analysis Raygun Rayleigh length Reciprocity (photography) Recoil temperature Reference beam Reflectron Refrigeration Regenerative amplification Relative fluorescence units Relative intensity noise Relativistic electron beam Relativistic heat conduction Relativistic similarity parameter Resolution enhancement technology Resolved sideband cooling Resonance Raman spectroscopy Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization Ring laser Ring laser gyroscope Rocket-assisted projectile Roketsan Cirit Ruby laser Rydberg ionization spectroscopy Rydberg molecule Rydberg state Rytov number S SCALPEL, Small Contained-Area Laser Precision Energetic Load SEAgel SWEEPNIK Sagnac effect SASER, Sound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Satellite geodesy Satellite laser ranging Saturated absorption Saturated spectroscopy Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy Scanning voltage microscopy Scattering from rough surfaces Second-harmonic generation Second-harmonic imaging microscopy Security seal Selective laser melting Selective laser sintering Self-amplified stimulated emission Self-focusing Self-mixing interferometry Self-phase modulation Self-pulsation Semiconductor ring laser Sensor based sorting Serial time-encoded amplified microscopy (STEAM) Shearography Shielding gas Shiva laser Shtora Sight (device) Signal beam Silex Process Sim scanner Single photon sources Sisyphus cooling Sisyphus effect Skin whitening Skyguard (airport defense system) Slapper detonator Slope efficiency Smith–Purcell effect Smoke detector Smoke screen Sniper Soft-tissue laser surgery Soft laser desorption Solar-pumped laser Solar sail Solid-state laser Solid-state dye laser Soviet laser pistol Space-based solar power Space debris Spaser, Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation Spatial filter Spatial light modulator Spatially Encoded Arrangement for SPIDER Speckle pattern Spectrometer Spectroscopy Speed limit enforcement Spontaneous emission Stage lighting Starfire Optical Range Starstreak (missile) Static light scattering Stealth aircraft Stealth technology Stereoscopy Stimulated emission Strainmeter Strategic Defense Initiative Streamlight Strong confinement limit Strontium vapor laser Structured-light 3D scanner Sum-frequency generation Sum frequency generation spectroscopy Super resolution microscopy Supercontinuum Supercritical angle fluorescence microscopy Superluminescent diode Superradiance Surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization Surround optical-fiber immunoassay (SOFIA) SwissFEL Synchrotron light source Synthetic aperture radar Synthetic diamond T TEA laser TIALD, Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator Pod Tactical High Energy Laser Tactical light Talbot cavity Targeting (warfare) Targeting pods Taser Terahertz radiation Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy Terra-3 Tetracene Theatrical smoke and fog Theodolite Thermal blooming Thermal laser stimulation Thermal shock parameter in the physics of solid-state lasers Thermopile laser sensor Thin film Three-level laser Ti:sapphire laser Time-of-flight camera Time-of-flight mass spectrometry Time-resolved spectroscopy Time of flight Titan laser Toda oscillator Toner (printing) Toner cartridge Toner refill Tophat beam Trabeculoplasty Track and trace Transistor laser Transoral laser microsurgery Transparency and translucency Transparent ceramics Transverse mode TriDAR Trident laser Trotec Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy Tunable laser Turbulent diffusion Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy Two-photon absorption Two-photon excitation microscopy Type 87 Chu-MAT U Ultra Density Optical disk format Ultracold atom Ultrafast laser spectroscopy Ultrafast monochromator Ultralase Ultrashort pulse Ultrashort pulse laser Ultrasonic flow meter Ultraviolet Undulator V VORPAL VTech Laser 200 Vector soliton fiber laser with atomic layer graphene Veiling-glare laser Verdet constant Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting-laser Videodisc Videometer Virgo interferometer Visotek Volume hologram Vulcan laser W Wall-plug efficiency Warm dense matter Waveguide (optics) Wavelength-division multiplexing Weapon effects simulation Wideband materials Wireless energy transfer X X-ray X-ray laser Xenon chloride laser Xerox Y Yb:LuVO4 Z ZETA (fusion reactor) ZEUS-HLONS (HMMWV Laser Ordnance Neutralization System) Zeeman slower Zerona

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References

1. M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, 1999, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
2. Barnes, J. E., S. Bronner, R. Beck, and N. C. Parikh, Boundary layer scattering measurements with a CCD camera lidar, Applied Optics, 42, 2647-2652, 2003.
3. "Blinding laser beam newest police tool". King5. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2010-07-25. Police in the Northwest are considering a new tool for law enforcement. It's called the "Dazer Laser" and is being hailed as a relatively safe method of neutralizing a suspect by temporarily blinding them, Seattle's King 5 reports. ...
4. Air University Research Template: "NON-LETHAL WEAPONS: SETTING OUR PHASERS ON STUN? Potential Strategic Blessings and Curses of Non-Lethal Weapons on the Battlefield"; Erik L. Nutley, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF; August 2003; Occasional Paper No. 34; Center for Strategy and Technology; Air War College; Air University; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; PG12 [1] Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
5. Paromtchik, I. E. (2006). "Optical Guidance Method for Robots Capable of Vision and Communication" (PDF). Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 54 (6). Elsevier: 461–471. doi:10.1016/j.robot.2006.02.005. Retrieved 9 May 2015.