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Laser equipment

Pigment Epithelium

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

A layer of cells at the back of the retina containing pigment granules, i.e., a cloud of charged particles surrounding a laser impact.

Plasma Shield

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

The ability of plasma to stop transmission of laser light.

Pulse

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

A discontinuous burst of laser, light or energy, as opposed to a continuous beam. A true pulse achieves higher peak powers than that attainable in a CW output.

Pockel's Cell

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

An electro-optical crystal used as a Q-switch.

Pointing Errors

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

Beam movement and divergence, due to instability within the laser or other optical distortion.

Polarization

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

Restriction of the vibrations of the electromagnetic field to a single plane, rather than the innumerable planes rotating about the vector axis. Various forms of polarization include random, linear, ...

Power

Industrial machinery; Laser equipment

The rate of energy delivery expressed in watts (joules per second). Thus: 1 Watt = 1 Joule/1 Sec.

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