Abbreviations/Acronyms

American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery

digital angular readout by laser interferometry

direct laser interference patterning

diode-pumped laser

diode-pumped solid-state laser

injection laser diode

International Laser Display Association

infrared laser diode

light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

laser diode driver

laser-energized explosive device; low-energy electron diffraction

laser feedback microscope; lateral force microscope; longitudinal field modulator

linear imaging device; laser injection diode; local injection detection

matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization

many-element laser; maximum excess loss (MEL) — the many element laser is a laser unit that consists of N like elements of active materials for support with the mode selection of the laser output. The mode selection properties of a many element laser have been experimentally exploited with as many as 10 like elements. Maximum excess loss is the maximum power lost within a give system (typically a fiber optic communication system) including scattering, dispersion, absorption and coupling loss.

multimode laser diode

tunable diode laser

visible laser diode