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chirped-pulse amplification en · NOUN

Etymology

From chirp + -ed + pulse + amplification.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Technique for achieving greater amplification of a laser pulse by stretching ("chirping") it, amplifying it, and then compressing it, thereby avoiding damage to amplifier components.
    • This progress is made possible by the use of the chirped-pulse amplification technique […] 1998, S. Backus et al., “High power ultrafast lasers”, in Review of Scientific Instruments, volume 69, number 3, pages 1207-1223:

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Synonyms

CPA

Translations (1)

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