• Operation Laser is a domestic operation of the Canadian Armed Forces for contingency planning and response in the event of a pandemic. Its three goals...
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    A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word...
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    Opération Harmattan was the French participation in the 2011 military intervention in Libya. It was named for the Harmattan, which are hot dry winds that...
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    A tunable laser is a laser whose wavelength of operation can be altered in a controlled manner. While all laser gain media allow small shifts in output...
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    Laser radiation safety is the safe design, use and implementation of lasers to minimize the risk of laser accidents, especially those involving eye injuries...
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    Klaus Dieter Laser (17 February 1942 – 29 February 2020) was a German actor. Laser's career spanned over five decades, appearing in both German and English-language...
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    units and vests. Laser Quest's oldest centre is located in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. In 1993, Laser Quest had begun operations in North America...
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    The Tactical High-Energy Laser, or THEL, was a laser developed for military use, also known as the Nautilus laser system. The mobile version is the Mobile...
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    ranging" or "laser imaging, detection, and ranging") is a method for determining ranges by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring...
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    chromium ion in ruby lasers. Laser operation of Nd:YAG was first demonstrated by J.E. Geusic et al. at Bell Laboratories in 1964. Nd:YAG lasers are optically...
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    A gas laser is a laser in which an electric current is discharged through a gas to produce coherent light. The gas laser was the first continuous-light...
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    A laser diode (LD, also injection laser diode or ILD or semiconductor laser or diode laser) is a semiconductor device similar to a light-emitting diode...
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    Titanium-sapphire lasers (also known as Ti:sapphire lasers, Ti:Al2O3 lasers or Ti:sapphs) are tunable lasers which emit red and near-infrared light in...
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    A helium–neon laser or He-Ne laser is a type of gas laser whose high energetic gain medium consists of a mixture of ratio (between 5:1 and 20:1) of helium...
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    A dye laser is a laser that uses an organic dye as the lasing medium, usually as a liquid solution. Compared to gases and most solid state lasing media...
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    A Laser dye is a dye used as laser medium in a dye laser. Laser dyes include the coumarins and the rhodamines. Coumarin dyes emit in the green region...
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  • A fiber laser (or fibre laser in Commonwealth English) is a laser in which the active gain medium is an optical fiber doped with rare-earth elements such...
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    Laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. It produces high-quality text and graphics (and moderate-quality photographs) by repeatedly...
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    Selective laser melting (SLM) is one of many proprietary names for a metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology that uses a bed of powder with a source...
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  • Pulsed operation of lasers refers to any laser not classified as continuous wave, so that the optical power appears in pulses of some duration at some...
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    Laser medicine is the use of lasers in medical diagnosis, treatments, or therapies, such as laser photodynamic therapy, photorejuvenation, and laser surgery...
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    A laser pointer or laser pen is a (typically battery-powered) handheld device that uses a laser diode to emit a narrow low-power visible laser beam (i...
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    of the laser frequency. There are hundreds if not thousands of different gain media in which laser operation has been achieved (see list of laser types...
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    A ruby laser is a solid-state laser that uses a synthetic ruby crystal as its gain medium. The first working laser was a ruby laser made by Theodore H...
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    A blue laser emits electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 400 and 500 nanometers, which the human eye sees in the visible spectrum as blue...
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    Laser science or laser physics is a branch of optics that describes the theory and practice of lasers. Laser science is principally concerned with quantum...
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    the most used striker for the next months when Opération Harmattan was succeeded by the UN led Operation Unified Protector. On 20 October 2011, a Mirage...
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  • with operations jointly funded by the United States Department of Energy, the University of Rochester and the New York State government. The Laser Lab...
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    A laser projector is a device that projects changing laser beams on a screen to create a moving image for entertainment or professional use. It consists...
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    Special Operations Forces Laser Acquisition Marker (SOFLAM or SOF-LAM) or the Ground Laser Target Designator (GLTD) is a U.S. military laser designator...
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