What are PCSELs? PCSELs are a unique type of semiconductor laser. To understand them, it's useful to compare them to two other types of semiconductor laser: Edge Emitting semiconductor Lasers (EELs) ...

The DTT60SM-SG is a piezo Tip Tilt Platform with 10 mrad peak to peak amplitude (+/- 5 mrad). This steering platform can welcome a large spectrum of mirror diameters up to 2 inches (~50 mm). As an ...

Summary Mach-Zender Modulators (MZM) are electro-optic devices used to encode information into a laser beam before transmission, using materials such as Lithium Niobate (LiNbO₃) that exhibit the P ...

Overview Self-defocusing in free-space optics (FSO) describes the divergence of a laser beam beyond that predicted by diffraction. It commonly results from thermal blooming—absorption of beam energy b ...

Self-Focusing in Free Space Optics and Nonlinear Media Self-focusing is a nonlinear optical phenomenon where a beam of light propagating through a medium induces a refractive index change that causes ...

Rayleigh Length Summary Rayleigh length is a fundamental concept in optics that describes how far a collimated beam, typically a Gaussian beam, remains tightly focused before beginning to diverge ...

Quantum noise refers to the fundamental limits of signal precision that arise from the laws of quantum physics. Unlike classical noise—which comes from external sources like heat, interference, or i ...

What Is Raman Scattering? Raman scattering is a physical process that occurs when light interacts with molecules and causes them to vibrate. Most of the time, light bounces off molecules without ...

Introduction High Energy Lasers (HELs) share many similarities with FSO systems, in that both have the purpose of providing light energy to a specific location at distance and operate on much the same ...

Summary A Gaussian beam is an electromagnetic beam, such as light, with a field distribution that conforms to a Gaussian function, similar in shape to a normal distribution. Its fundamental mode, the ...