# List of laser articles

This is a list of laser topics.
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* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* 3D printing, additive manufacturing
* Abnormal reflection
* Above-threshold ionization
* Absorption spectroscopy
* Accelerator physics
* Acoustic microscopy
* Acousto-optic deflector
* Acousto-optic modulator
* Acousto-optical spectrometer
* Acousto-optics
* Active laser medium
* Active optics
* Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System
* Advanced Tactical Laser
* Afocal system
* Airborne laser
* Airborne wind turbine
* Airy beam
* ALKA
* All gas-phase iodine laser
* Ambient ionization
* Amplified spontaneous emission
* Analytical chemistry
* Aneutronic fusion
* Antiproton Decelerator
* Apache Arrowhead
* Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
* Arago spot
* Argon fluoride laser
* Argus laser
* Asterix IV laser
* Astrophysical maser
* Atmospheric-pressure laser ionization
* Atom interferometer
* Atom laser
* Atom probe
* Atomic clock
* Atomic coherence
* Atomic fountain
* Atomic line filter
* Atomic ratio
* Atomic spectroscopy
* Atomic vapor laser isotope separation
* Audience scanning
* Autler–Townes effect
* Autologous patient-specific tumor antigen response
* Automated guided vehicle
* Autonomous cruise control system
* Avalanche photodiode
* Axicon

## B

* Babinet's principle
* Ballistic photon
* Bandwidth-limited pulse
* Bandwidth (signal processing)
* Barcode reader
* Basir
* Beam-powered propulsion
* Beam diameter
* Beam dump
* Beam expander
* Beam homogenizer
* Beam parameter product
* Beamz
* Big Bang Observer
* Biophotonics
* Biosensor
* Black silicon
* Blood irradiation therapy
* Blu-ray Disc
* Blue laser
* Boeing Laser Avenger
* Boeing NC-135
* Boeing YAL-1
* Bubblegram

## C

* CLidar
* CALIPSO, Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
* Calligraphic projection
* Calutron
* Carbon dioxide laser
* Carrier generation and recombination
* Catastrophic optical damage
* Cauterization
* Cavity ring-down laser absorption spectroscopy
* Ceilometer
* Chaos in optical systems
* Chemical laser
* Chemical oxygen iodine laser
* Chirped mirror
* Chirped pulse amplification
* Clementine (spacecraft)
* Cloud seeding
* Coherence (physics)
* Coherence length
* Coherence time
* Coherent addition
* Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy
* Coherent backscattering
* Coherent perfect absorber, anti-laser
* Coherent spectroscopy
* Collimator
* Colloidal crystal
* Color LaserWriter
* Color engraving
* Common Infrared Countermeasures program
* CD player
* Compatible Toner Cartridge
* Computed tomography laser mammography
* Computer Output to Laser Disc
* Confocal laser scanning microscopy
* Confocal microscopy
* Containment field
* Continuous scan laser Doppler vibrometry
* Continuous wave
* Coordinate-measuring machine
* Copper vapor laser
* Core/Shell Semiconductor Nanocrystals
* Corneal Waveform technology
* Coupling parameter
* Crystal oven
* Cyclic ozone
* Cyclops laser

## D

* Dark state
* David Laserscanner
* Dazer Laser
* Dazzler (weapon)
* Defence Research and Development Organisation
* Delayed extraction
* Dental laser
* Detonator
* Diamond anvil cell
* Diamond blade
* Diamond enhancement
* Diamond turning
* Dichroic filter
* Dielectric mirror
* Diffractive beam splitter
* Digital holographic microscopy
* Diode-pumped solid-state laser
* Dipole trap
* Direct laser lithography
* Direct metal laser sintering
* Directed-energy weapon
* Disk laser
* Dispersive prism
* Distributed Bragg reflector
* Distributed acoustic sensing
* Distributed feedback laser
* Distributed temperature sensing
* Dopant
* Doppler cooling limit
* Double-clad fiber
* Double-density compact disc
* Double-slit experiment
* Dual polarization interferometry
* Dumpy level
* Dye laser
* Dynamic Laser Cruise Control
* Dynamic light scattering

## E

* Electric spark
* Electro-absorption modulator
* Electro-optic modulator
* Electrolaser
* Electromagnetic radiation
* Electromagnetically induced grating
* Electromagnetically induced transparency
* Electronic countermeasure
* Electronic speckle pattern interferometry
* Electrophoretic light scattering
* Electrophotography
* Electrostatic-sensitive device
* Encircled energy
* Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology
* Endovenous laser treatment
* Energy transfer upconversion
* Enriched uranium
* Er:glass laser
* European x-ray free electron laser
* Evolutionary Air and Space Global Laser Engagement
* Excimer laser
* Extensometer
* Extinction cross
* Extinction ratio
* Extreme Light Infrastructure
* Extreme ultraviolet
* Extreme ultraviolet lithography
* Eye surgery
* Eye testing using speckle

## F

* FILAT, Forward-looking Infrared and Laser Attack Targeting
* FLASH
* FROG
* Fabrication (metal)
* Fabry–Pérot interferometer
* Far-infrared laser
* Fast atom bombardment
* Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction
* Femtosecond laser intrastromal vision correction
* Femtosecond pulse shaping
* Fiber Bragg grating
* Fiber disk laser
* Fiber laser
* Fibre optic gyroscope
* Field-Map
* Figure-8 laser
* Filament propagation
* Fire-and-forget
* Firearm microstamping
* Fixed-point laser sensors
* Flash photolysis
* Flashtube
* Flow cytometry
* Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy
* Fluorescence spectroscopy
* Forced Rayleigh scattering
* Fourier domain mode locking
* 4Pi microscope, a laser scanning fluorescence microscope
* Frame-dragging
* Fraunhofer diffraction
* Free-electron laser
* Free-space optical communication
* Frequency Addition Source of Optical Radiation
* Frequency agility
* Frequency comb
* Frequency-resolved optical gating
* Fuser
* Fusion power
* Fusion splicing

## G

* GBU-44/B Viper Strike
* GEKKO XII
* GRENOUILLE
* Gain-switching
* Gain (lasers)
* Galvanometer
* Gamma ray laser
* Gamut
* Gas centrifuge
* Gas dynamic laser
* Gas laser
* Gaser, Gamma Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
* Gaussian beam
* Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
* Glan–laser prism
* Goniometer
* Grating-eliminated no-nonsense observation of ultrafast incident laser light e-fields, GRENOUILLE
* Grating light valve
* Gravitational wave
* Gravitational wave detector
* Gravity laser
* Guidance system
* Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket – Laser

## H

* HDSS
* HD DVD
* HELRAM
* HP LaserJet
* Handheld projector
* Hateruma class patrol vessel
* Heat-affected zone
* Heat treating
* Helium–neon laser
* Heterodyne
* Heterojunction
* HiPER
* High-altitude wind power
* High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System
* High Harmonic Generation
* Holographic Versatile Disc
* Holographic grating
* Holographic weapon sight
* Holography
* Holometer
* Homodyne detection
* Homogeneous broadening
* Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic
* Hybrid silicon laser
* Hydrodynamic focusing
* Hydrogen fluoride laser
* Hydroxyl tagging velocimetry

## I

* Ion laser

## J

* Janus laser

## K

* KALI (laser)
* Kerr-lens modelocking
* Kerr effect
* Keyence
* Krasnopol (Weapon)
* Krypton fluoride laser

## L

* LAM, Laser Assisted Myringotomy
* LANTIRN, Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night
* LARES (satellite)
* LCA-Vision
* LCGT
* LED printer
* LFA, Laser flash analysis
* LIDAR, Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging)
* LIDAR speed gun
* LISA Pathfinder
* LITENING targeting pod
* LLM01
* LOMAK, Light Operated Mouse And Keyboard
* LT PGB
* LULI
* LULI2000
* LaSer UK
* Laboratory for Laser Energetics
* Laminated object manufacturing
* Laser
* Laser-assisted new attachment procedure
* Laser-based angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
* Laser-doppler flowmetry
* Laser-guided bomb
* Laser-heated pedestal growth
* Laser-hybrid welding
* Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
* Laser-induced fluorescence
* Laser ablation
* Laser ablation electrospray ionization
* Laser ablation synthesis in solution
* Laser absorption spectrometry
* Laser accelerometer
* Laser acronyms
* Laser aiming module
* Laser airborne depth sounder
* Laser Arena
* Laser assisted parking
* Laser beam divergence
* Laser beam machining
* Laser beam profiler
* Laser beam quality
* Laser beam riding
* Laser blended vision
* Laser bridge
* Laser broom
* Laser camera system
* Laser cannon
* Laser cautery
* Laser coagulation
* Laser communication
* Laser construction
* Laser converting
* Laser cooling
* Laser crystal
* Laser cutting
* Laser dazzler
* Laser designator
* Laser Design, Inc.
* Laser detector
* Laser detuning
* Laser diffraction analysis
* Laser diode
* Laser diode rate equations
* Laser Doppler velocimetry
* Laser Doppler vibrometer
* Laser drilling
* Laser dynamic range imager
* Laser Electrical
* Laser engraving
* Laser extensometer
* Laser eye surgery
* Laser fence
* Laser flash analysis
* Laser Focus World
* Laser fusion
* Laser Geodynamics Satellites, LAGEOS
* Laser Ghost
* Laser glass sculpture
* Laser guidance
* Laser guide star
* Laser guns
* Laser hair removal
* Laser harp
* Laser heater
* Laser imaging
* Laser inertial fusion energy
* Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, LIGO
* Laser injection
* Laser integration line
* Laser keyboard
* Laser level
* Laser levitation
* Laser light show (Grand Coulee Dam)
* Laser light shows
* Laser line level
* Laser linewidth
* Laser lithotripsy
* Laser machine control
* Laser medicine
* Laser Mégajoule
* Laser melting
* Laser mouse
* Laser microjet
* Laser microphone
* Laser microprobe mass spectrometry
* Laser microscopy
* Laser mode
* Laser oscillation
* Laser photoplotter
* Laser pistol
* Laser plasma acceleration
* Laser pointer
* Laser power beaming
* Laser printer
* Laser propulsion
* Laser protection eyewear
* Laser Radial
* Laser radial keratotomy
* Laser rangefinder
* Laser rapid manufacturing
* Laser reflecting goniometer
* Laser resurfacing
* Laser rot
* Laser safety
* Laser scalpel
* Laser scanner
* Laser scanning
* Laser science
* Laser Science and Technology Centre
* Laser shaft alignment
* Laser shock
* Laser sight
* Laser snow
* Laser soldering
* Laser speckle
* Laser spectroscopy
* Laser spray ionization
* Laser Stratos
* Laser surface velocimeter
* Laser survey
* Laser sword
* Laser table
* Laser tag
* Laser thermal keratoplasty
* Laser thermometer
* Laser trackers
* Laser trimming
* Laser turntable
* Laser tweezer
* Laser vaginal rejuvenation
* Laser video display
* Laser video projector
* Laser voltage prober
* Laserblast
* Laserdisc
* Laserfection
* Laserfilm
* LaserLock
* LaserMotive
* LaserScope
* Lasgun
* LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis)
* Lasing threshold
* Laspistol
* Light
* Light-emitting diode
* LightScribe
* Light beam
* Light dressed state
* Light gun
* Light induced voltage alteration
* Light pulse generator
* Light therapy
* Lightcraft
* Lightning
* Line laser
* Liposuction
* Liquid crystal
* Liquid crystal laser
* List of laser applications
* List of laser types
* List of petawatt lasers
* Lloyd's mirror
* Lockheed Martin Sniper XR
* Logitech VX Revolution
* Long path laser
* Longitudinal mode
* Low-angle laser light scattering
* Low level laser therapy
* Lunar Laser Ranging experiment
* Lyot filter

## M

* MALDI imaging
* MEMS magnetic field sensor
* MESSENGER
* MIRACL
* M squared
* Madison Symmetric Torus
* Magnetized target fusion
* Magneto-optic Kerr effect
* Magneto-optical drive
* Magneto-optical trap
* Manipulation of atoms by optical field
* Mars Global Surveyor
* Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter
* Marvin (robot)
* Maser
* Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
* McCumber relation
* Megamaser
* Mercury laser
* Metal aromaticity
* Michelson interferometer
* Microplasma
* Microprobe
* Microscale thermophoresis
* Mirror
* Mirror galvanometer
* Mirror mount
* Missile guidance
* Mobile Tactical High-Energy Laser
* Mode-locking
* Mode coupling
* Mode scrambler
* Modulating retro-reflector
* Molecular laser isotope separation
* Molecular tagging velocimetry
* Monochromator
* Moore's law
* Mosquito laser
* Motion detection
* Multiangle light scattering
* Multifocal multiphoton microscopy
* Multiphase topology optimisation
* Multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan
* Multiple-prism dispersion theory
* Multiple-prism grating laser oscillator
* Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System

## N

* N-slit interferometer
* N-slit interferometric equation
* NRLMSISE-00
* Nanoimpellers
* Nanolaser
* Nanoneedle
* Nanosecond
* Nanosight
* National Ignition Facility
* Nd:YAG laser
* Nd:glass laser
* NeXT Laser Printer
* Near-field scanning optical microscope
* Negative temperature
* Neutral density filter
* Newton's flaming laser sword
* Nicoll-Dyson Laser
* Nike laser
* Nitrogen laser
* Noble gas
* Noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectroscopy
* Non-ionizing radiation
* Nonlinear optics
* Novette laser
* Nuclear fusion-fission hybrid
* Nuclear photonic rocket
* Nuclear pumped laser
* Numerical aperture

## O

* OMAC Laser 300
* Open fiber control
* Optical Express
* Optical amplifier
* Optical autocorrelation
* Optical beam dump
* Optical beam induced current
* Optical bistability
* Optical cavity
* Optical coherence tomography
* Optical cross section
* Optical decay
* Optical dilatometer
* Optical disc drive
* Optical downconverter
* Optical feedback
* Optical heterodyne detection
* Optical imaging
* Optical interferometry
* Optical lattice
* Optical lift
* Optical media preservation
* Optical microcavity
* Optical modulation amplitude
* Optical modulator
* Optical molasses
* Optical parametric amplifier
* Optical parametric oscillator
* Optical power budget
* Optical pumping
* Optical recording
* Optical ring resonators
* Optical storage
* Optical table
* Optical tape
* Optical train
* Optical tweezers
* Optimax
* Optimized Power Control
* Orbiter Boom Sensor System
* Organic photorefractive materials
* Ormosil
* Oscillator linewidth
* Output coupler

## P

* PDLCT
* PITZ
* PPCT
* PVLAS
* Particle-size distribution
* Particle accelerator
* Particle counter
* Particle image velocimetry
* Particle tracking velocimetry
* Pascal Photocoagulator
* Paser
* Pauli exclusion principle
* Pave Spike
* Pave Tack
* Paveway
* Penning trap
* Peresvet
* Personnel Detection Device
* Peter Harrison Planetarium, is a 120-seat digital laser planetarium
* Phased-array optics
* PHASR, Personnel halting and stimulation response rifle
* Phoenix (spacecraft)
* Photoablation
* Photoconductive atomic force microscopy
* Photodarkening
* Photodissociation
* Photodynamic therapy
* Photoelectrochemical processes
* Photoemission spectroscopy
* Photoflash capacitor
* Photofragment-ion imaging
* Photoionization mode
* Photolithography
* Photomixing
* Photon
* Photon Doppler velocimetry
* Photon antibunching
* Photonic-crystal fiber
* Photonic force microscope
* Photonic integrated circuit
* Photonics
* Photonics Spectra
* Photophoresis
* Photoplotter
* Photorefractive effect
* Photothermal effect
* Photothermal spectroscopy
* Planar Doppler velocimetry
* Planar laser-induced fluorescence
* Planetarium projector
* Plasma Acoustic Shield System
* Plasma acceleration
* Plasma channel
* Plasma cutting
* Plasma stealth
* Plasma weapon
* Plastic surgery
* Platesetter
* Plymouth Laser
* Point-to-point laser technology (PPLT)
* Polariton laser
* Polarization ripples
* Polyus (spacecraft)
* Ponderomotive energy
* Population inversion
* Potassium titanyl phosphate
* Pound–Drever–Hall technique
* Power scaling
* Precision-guided munition
* Precision bombing
* Precrash system
* Printed circuit board
* Prism coupler
* Projection keyboard
* Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons
* Pulsed laser
* Pulse repetition frequency
* Pulsed Energy Projectile, Pulsed Impulsive Kill Laser
* Pulsed laser deposition
* Pulsed power
* Pursuit guidance

## Q

* Q-switching
* Q factor
* Quantapoint
* Quantum amplifier
* Quantum cascade laser
* Quantum clock
* Quantum defect
* Quantum dot
* Quantum dot laser
* Quantum heterostructure
* Quantum imaging
* Quantum limit
* Quantum noise
* Quantum tomography
* Quantum well
* Quantum well laser
* Quenching (fluorescence)

## R

* Radar
* Radar detector
* Radar gun
* Radial polarization
* Rail inspection
* Rainbow hologram
* Raman cooling
* Raman laser
* Raman microscope
* Raman scattering
* Random laser
* Range imaging
* Rangefinder
* Rare-earth element
* Rave
* Ray transfer matrix analysis
* Raygun
* Rayleigh length
* Reciprocity (photography)
* Recoil temperature
* Reference beam
* Reflectron
* Refrigeration
* Regenerative amplification
* Relative fluorescence units
* Relative intensity noise
* Relativistic electron beam
* Relativistic heat conduction
* Relativistic similarity parameter
* Resolution enhancement technology
* Resolved sideband cooling
* Resonance Raman spectroscopy
* Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization
* Ring laser
* Ring laser gyroscope
* Rocket-assisted projectile
* Roketsan Cirit
* Ruby laser
* Rydberg ionization spectroscopy
* Rydberg molecule
* Rydberg state
* Rytov number

## S

* SCALPEL, Small Contained-Area Laser Precision Energetic Load
* SEAgel
* SWEEPNIK
* Sagnac effect
* SASER, Sound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
* Satellite geodesy
* Satellite laser ranging
* Saturated absorption
* Saturated spectroscopy
* Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy
* Scanning voltage microscopy
* Scattering from rough surfaces
* Second-harmonic generation
* Second-harmonic imaging microscopy
* Security seal
* Selective laser melting
* Selective laser sintering
* Self-amplified stimulated emission
* Self-focusing
* Self-mixing interferometry
* Self-phase modulation
* Self-pulsation
* Semiconductor ring laser
* Sensor based sorting
* Serial time-encoded amplified microscopy (STEAM)
* Shearography
* Shielding gas
* Shiva laser
* Shtora
* Sight (device)
* Signal beam
* Silex Process
* Sim scanner
* Single photon sources
* Sisyphus cooling
* Sisyphus effect
* Skin whitening
* Skyguard (airport defense system)
* Slapper detonator
* Slope efficiency
* Smith–Purcell effect
* Smoke detector
* Smoke screen
* Sniper
* Soft-tissue laser surgery
* Soft laser desorption
* Solar-pumped laser
* Solar sail
* Solid-state laser
* Solid-state dye laser
* Soviet laser pistol
* Space-based solar power
* Space debris
* Spaser, Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
* Spatial filter
* Spatial light modulator
* Spatially Encoded Arrangement for SPIDER
* Speckle pattern
* Spectrometer
* Spectroscopy
* Speed limit enforcement
* Spontaneous emission
* Stage lighting
* Starfire Optical Range
* Starstreak (missile)
* Static light scattering
* Stealth aircraft
* Stealth technology
* Stereoscopy
* Stimulated emission
* Strainmeter
* Strategic Defense Initiative
* Streamlight
* Strong confinement limit
* Strontium vapor laser
* Structured-light 3D scanner
* Sum-frequency generation
* Sum frequency generation spectroscopy
* Super resolution microscopy
* Supercontinuum
* Supercritical angle fluorescence microscopy
* Superluminescent diode
* Superradiance
* Surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization
* Surround optical-fiber immunoassay (SOFIA)
* SwissFEL
* Synchrotron light source
* Synthetic aperture radar
* Synthetic diamond

## T

* TEA laser
* TIALD, Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator Pod
* Tactical High Energy Laser
* Tactical light
* Talbot cavity
* Targeting (warfare)
* Targeting pods
* Taser
* Terahertz radiation
* Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
* Terra-3
* Tetracene
* Theatrical smoke and fog
* Theodolite
* Thermal blooming
* Thermal laser stimulation
* Thermal shock parameter in the physics of solid-state lasers
* Thermopile laser sensor
* Thin film
* Three-level laser
* Ti:sapphire laser
* Time-of-flight camera
* Time-of-flight mass spectrometry
* Time-resolved spectroscopy
* Time of flight
* Titan laser
* Toda oscillator
* Toner (printing)
* Toner cartridge
* Toner refill
* Tophat beam
* Trabeculoplasty
* Track and trace
* Transistor laser
* Transoral laser microsurgery
* Transparency and translucency
* Transparent ceramics
* Transverse mode
* TriDAR
* Trident laser
* Trotec
* Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy
* Tunable laser
* Turbulent diffusion
* Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy
* Two-photon absorption
* Two-photon excitation microscopy
* Type 87 Chu-MAT

## U

* Ultra Density Optical disk format
* Ultracold atom
* Ultrafast laser spectroscopy
* Ultrafast monochromator
* Ultralase
* Ultrashort pulse
* Ultrashort pulse laser
* Ultrasonic flow meter
* Ultraviolet
* Undulator

## V

* VORPAL
* VTech Laser 200
* Vector soliton fiber laser with atomic layer graphene
* Veiling-glare laser
* Verdet constant
* Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
* Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting-laser
* Videodisc
* Videometer
* Virgo interferometer
* Visotek
* Volume hologram
* Vulcan laser

## W

* Wall-plug efficiency
* Warm dense matter
* Waveguide (optics)
* Wavelength-division multiplexing
* Weapon effects simulation
* Wideband materials
* Wireless energy transfer

## X

* X-ray
* X-ray laser
* Xenon chloride laser
* Xerox

## Y

* Yb:LuVO4

## Z

* ZETA (fusion reactor)
* ZEUS-HLONS (HMMWV Laser Ordnance Neutralization System)
* Zeeman slower
* Zerona