Talk:Titanium-sapphire laser

message: So I've never seen the name Ti-sapphire before, but rather Ti:sapphire, so I did a quick google search, and all the top hits aside from us use the latter.  Scanning through it looks like about only 1:10 use the hypenated name.  So I've changed to a consistent terminology in the article and added  to make it clear.  — Laura Scudder | Talk 14:37, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Good call, I just added the same to the Er-YAG laser and Nd-YAG laser articles. One odd thing though: There's an (apparently) valid redirect article from Nd:YAG laser. Perhaps having a colon in the name is valid after all? The limitation may be left over from an older version of MediaWiki. In that case, the articles should be moved, if possible. -- DrBob 17:20, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Ah, according to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions), a colon is now only a problem if the prefix is a namespace. That probably means Ti:, Nd:, and Er: are OK. I may try moving the pages. -- Bob Mellish 18:03, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Turns out we also have to worry about overlapping with interlanguage links.  Apparently the Tigrinya Wikipedia (:ti:Main Page) does exist, so we can't move Ti: pages.  It looks like both Nd and Er are unclaimed though, so those can be moved (although the Nd:Yag will be in limbo if someone ever starts a Ndebele, North Wikipedia — see ISO 639#N).  — Laura Scudder | Talk 01:04, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name 

message: This section makes no reference to Ti:sapphire lasers and is vague or confused on several points:
:==Application to generation of pulsed hard radiation==
:When a laser pulse passes an electron, the electron is shaken heavily. Afterwards it flies on as if nothing has happened, even though a little bit of Compton scattering has taken place.  However, during this interaction an electron may also either enter or leave an atom. In this process, the electron can either emit an X-ray photon or absorb an X-ray photon.  In a complex situation with an atom, an electron, and a laser pulse, either the energy of the X-ray photon depends on the electric field of the laser pulse at the time of creation or the energy of the electron depends on the electric field of the laser pulse at the time of leaving the atom.  This is called either pulsed X-ray generation or attosecond transient recorder.  Though the atom and the laser pulse interact in various ways, this is ignored here (see high harmonic generation instead).
Wrong: "...flies on as if nothing has happened, even though a little bit of Compton scattering has taken place", "...either the energy of the X-ray photon depends on the electric field of the laser pulse at the time of creation or the energy of the electron depends on...", "This is called either pulsed X-ray generation or attosecond transient recorder."
Vague: much of the rest.
This confused and off-topic section should be omitted. A mention of the application of Ti:sapphire lasers to this (and a link) could be inserted elsewhere.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric Drexler (talk • contribs) 17:55, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confused and off-topic section removed 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) >>> Extorc.talk 09:05, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Ti-sapphire laser →  – Alternative, unrestricted title. JohnCWiesenthal (talk) 05:04, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 15 May 2024