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| | Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology - articles beginning with the letter |
 | | Nonlinear optics: nonlinear crystal materials, frequency doubling, sum- and difference frequency generation, optical parametric oscillators, parametric generators and amplifiers, Brillouin and Raman scattering, self- and cross-phase modulation, four-wave mixing, quasi-phase matching |
 | | General optics: Kramers-Krönig relations, Gaussian beams, Gouy phase shift, beam quality, brightness, cavities, waveguide dispersion, finesse, coherence, phase velocity and group velocity, superluminal transmission and causality, optical metrology |
 | | Noise in optics: noise specifications, power spectral density, timing jitter, quantum noise, squeezed states of light, shot noise, phase noise, linewidth |
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