PL dictionary?

[allthatwhichis]

NSFW = Not Safe for Work Nudity in thread...

[soforene]

How very topical !

[daedal]

Blimey Superintendent, Must I do all the work.... That chav could not bother to write this:

PBS (Polarizing Beam Splitter) A small glass cube made from two right angle prisms cemented together. The inner faces of the cube have coatings which selectively route laser beams of a given polarization. PBS cubes demonstrate optical reciprocity and may thus be used to combine or split beams. Provided one beam has S (vertical ) polarization and the other beam has P (horizontal) polarization, the beams may be combined. If a randomly polarized beam enters the cube, it will be split into its P and S components. Typically the S component goes straight through the cube and the P component enters or exits at a right angle.

Not necessarily small

That good enough or do you want the ellipsoid and the Poincaire Sphere too?

Steve

Is it possible to have these others as well?

Sample PBS Cube:


In fact, you can see the line where the two prisms come together quite well in this picture...

--DDL

[Stuka]

I just want to say that I think it is pretty sad that except for "keeperx" (and maybe QUAZAR) nobody gives a normal answer...
There are many abbreviations used in the laser world, and I think that the topic starter asks a very valid question.
Since I am also new to this all I can only contribute in this thread with a link to Sam's Laser FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm I hope the topic starter can find some explanations on that site...

Just do like keeperx - GOOGLE !!

All kidding aside -

If there are some specific abbreviations you're not sure about, just ask, and you'll probably get a quick - and legit - response.

[mixedgas]

Just link to the optipedia

http://spie.org/x32276.xml

and then add the show specific ones
here.

Steve ,

[300EVIL]

You guys missed one...

LASER = Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

[keeperx]

You guys missed one...

LASER = Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

thats just blew my mind....