PL dictionary?

[pelosh]

Hi photon-people!

Do we have some sort of dictionary in here? With all the weird words from our world and appropriate explanations?

Cheers.

[QUAZAR]

TCU (torroidal carbohydrate unit) = donut
BMA (brownian motion activator) = cup of tea

[pelosh]

Do you work for MOD or what?

[soforene]

How do you know he owns a Scooter?

[QUAZAR]

No.

I have a whole book of "technical terms" like those. I will try and find it this evening.

See if you can work out these-

CTD (calcium trace display) =
GMI (gelogical morphing instrument) =
PSD (polarised solar disruptor) =
HI (hedonic icon) =

[keeperx]

KPPS (often just K) = KillaPoints per second
Galvo = Scanning Galvanometer
PBS = polorized beam splitter

[andy_con]

see (c) you (u) next (n) tuesday (t).............

[Paul]

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...

[keeperx]

A

AOM – acousto-optic modulator
APD – avalanche photodiode
APM – additive-pulse mode locking
ASE – amplified spontaneous emission
AWG – arrayed waveguide grating
B


BPP – beam parameter product
c


CWDM – coarse wavelength division multiplexing
CEO – carrier-envelope offset
CPA – chirped-pulse amplification
CW – continuous wave
D


DBR – distributed Bragg reflector
DCM – dispersion-compensation module or double-chirped mirror
DFB laser – distributed feedback laser
DFG – difference-frequency generation
DWDM – dense wavelength division multiplexing
DOS - density of states
DPSS – diode pumped solid state
E


ECDL – external cavity diode laser
EDC – electronic dispersion compensation
EDFA – erbium-doped fiber amplifier
Er:YAG – erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet, Er:Y3Al5O12
EOM – electro-optic modulator
ESA – excited state absorption
F


FEL – free electron laser
FREAG – frequency-resolved electro-absorption gating
FROG – frequency-resolved optical gating
FWM – four-wave mixing
G


GRENOUILLE – grating-eliminated no-nonsense observation of ultrafast incident laser light e-fields
H


HeNe – Helium-neon laser
I


IR – infrared
K


KLM – Kerr-lens modelocking
L


LASEK – Laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratectomy
LASER – light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
LASIK – Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (eye surgery)
LBO – lithium triborate
LLLT – low-level laser therapy
M


MASER – microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
MIIPS – multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan
N


Nd:YAG – neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet, Nd:Y3Al5O12
Nd:YCOB – neodymium-doped YCOB, YCa4O(BO3)3
O


OC – output coupler
OPO – optical parametric oscillator
OPA – optical parametric amplifier / optical parametric amplification
OPCPA – optical parametric chirped pulse amplification
P


S


SHG – second harmonic generation
SLM – single longitudinal mode
SPIDER – spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction
SPM – self-phase modulation
T


TE – transverse electric mode
TEA – transverse electrical discharge in gas at atmospheric pressure
TEM – transverse electromagnetic mode
TM – transverse magnetic mode
THG – third harmonic generation
U


UV – ultraviolet
V


VCSEL – vertical cavity surface-emitting laser
VECSEL – vertical external cavity surface-emitting laser
W


WDM – wavelength division multiplexing
X


XPM – cross-phase modulation
Y


YAG – yttrium aluminium garnet, Y3Al5O12
YAM - yttrium aluminium monoclinic
YAP - yttrium aluminium perovskite
source:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_acronyms

[andy_con]

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...

LOL i wouldnt lose sleep over it mate