• Power scaling of a laser is increasing its output power without changing the geometry, shape, or principle of operation. Power scalability is considered...
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  • cladding which enables power scaling of amplifiers and lasers without thermal lensing mode instability. Recent developments in fiber laser technology have led...
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    laser (COIL) is a near–infrared chemical laser. As the beam is infrared, it cannot be seen with the naked eye. It is capable of output power scaling up...
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    A laser diode (LD, also injection laser diode or ILD or semiconductor laser or diode laser) is a semiconductor device similar to a light-emitting diode...
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    visual impairment resulting from exposure to laser light depend on various factors, such as the laser's power, wavelength(s), collimation of the beam, orientation...
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    allows the power scaling to many kilowatts without significant modification of the design. The power of such lasers is limited not only by the power of pump...
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    combining) of lasers is a method of power scaling. It allows increasing the output power and brightness of single-transversal mode laser. Usually, the...
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  • (1998). "Future of High-Power Fiber Lasers". Laser Physics. 8: 774–781. K. Ueda (1999). "Scaling physics of disk-type fiber lasers for kW output". 1999 IEEE...
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    Laser propulsion is a form of beam-powered propulsion where the energy source is a remote (usually ground-based) laser system and separate from the reaction...
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    A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word...
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  • Pulsed operation of lasers refers to any laser not classified as continuous wave, so that the optical power appears in pulses of some duration at some...
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    A laser pointer or laser pen is a (typically battery-powered) handheld device that uses a laser diode to emit a narrow low-power visible laser beam (i...
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    laser weapon in a maritime environment against heat, humidity, dust, and salt water and to see how much power is used. The system has scalable power levels...
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    the medium can act as a laser or an optical amplifier. The pump power must be higher than the lasing threshold of the laser. The pump energy is usually...
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    techniques, also called power beaming, power is transferred by beams of electromagnetic radiation, like microwaves or laser beams. These techniques can...
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    This is a list of laser types, their operational wavelengths, and their applications. Thousands of kinds of laser are known, but most of them are used...
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  • and efficiency over other types, and high power DPSSLs have replaced ion lasers and flashlamp-pumped lasers in many scientific applications, and are now...
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  • Amplified spontaneous emission (category Laser science)
    the existing disk lasers work far from such a limit, and the power scaling can be achieved without modification of existing laser materials. In 2008...
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    Scaling and root planing, also known as conventional periodontal therapy, non-surgical periodontal therapy or deep cleaning, is a procedure involving...
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  • optical power. This is the basic principle of all lasers. Quantitatively, gain is a measure of the ability of a laser medium to increase optical power. However...
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  • 10-petawatt laser that can vaporize matter". TechSpot. May 7, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2020. "Super Laser Sets Another Record For Peak Power". Shanghai...
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    Answers Meteorological Effects on Laser Beam Propagation and Direct Solar Pumped Lasers Public Outreach Experiment Power Transmission and Reception Technical...
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    laser broom is a proposed ground-based laser beam-powered propulsion system that sweeps space debris out of the path of artificial satellites (such...
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    Laser engraving is the practice of using lasers to engrave an object. Laser marking, on the other hand, is a broader category of methods to leave marks...
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    An excimer laser, sometimes more correctly called an exciplex laser, is a form of ultraviolet laser which is commonly used in the production of microelectronic...
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  • A chemical laser is a laser that obtains its energy from a chemical reaction. Chemical lasers can reach continuous wave output with power reaching to megawatt...
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    MOSFET scaling technology and formulated what became known as Dennard scaling, which describes that as MOS transistors get smaller, their power density...
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  • penetration mode welding. Like electron-beam welding (EBW), laser beam welding has high power density (on the order of 1 MW/cm2) resulting in small heat-affected...
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    directions on Nd:YAG and CO2 laser markers to control the position of the infrared power laser spot. Laser ablation, laser beam machining and wafer dicing...
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  • A mosquito laser is a proposed device that would use lasers to kill mosquitoes. The primary goal would be to reduce malaria infection rates. In 2007, the...
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