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Stimulated Emission

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

When an atom, ion, or molecule capable of lasing is excited to a higher energy level by an electric charge or other means, it will spontaneously emit a photon as it decays to the normal ground state. ...

YAG (Yttrium Aluminum Garnet)

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

A widely used solid-state crystal which is composed of yttrium and aluminum oxides which is doped with a small amount if the rare-earth neodymium.

Superpulse

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

Electronic pulsing of laser driving circuit for producing a pulsed output (1 to 100,000 Herz), of which the peak power must be at least one order of magnitude higher than the highest attainable ...

TEM

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

Abbreviation for Transverse Electromagnetic Modes. Used to designate the cross-sectional shape of the beam. The radial distribution of intensity across a beam as it exits the optical cavity.

TEMoo

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

The lowest order mode possible with a bell-shaped (Gaussian) distribution of light across the laser beam.

Thermal Relaxation Time

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

The time to dissipate the heat absorbed during a laser pulse.

Transmission

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

Passage of electromagnetic radiation through a medium.

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