APD - Avalanche Photo Diode

Abbreviation: APD
Definition: Avalanche Photo Diode
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Categories: Technology
Science
Tags:avalanche, laser, laser application, laser physics, light radiation, optical devices, photonics, science and telecom
Unconfirmed Type:Acronym or Initialism

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  • XPM - Cross-Phase Modulation 
  • IR - Infrared 
  • UV - Ultraviolet 
  • APM - Additive-Pulse Mode Locking 
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  • GRENOUILLE - Grating-Eliminated No-Nonsense Observation Of Ultrafast Incident Laser Light E-Fields 
  • LBO - Lithium Triborate 
  • SPIDER - Spectral Phase Interferometry For Direct Electric-Field Reconstruction 
  • TE - Transverse Electric Mode 
  • TEA - Transverse Electrical Discharge In Gas At Atmospheric Pressure 
  • TM - Transverse Magnetic Mode 
  • DCM - Double-Chirped Mirror 
  • CW - continuous wave 
  • VCSEL - Vertical-Cavity Surface Emitting laser 
  • ASE - amplified spontaneous emission 
  • FWM - four-wave mixing 
  • EDFA - Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier 
  • DWDM - Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing 
  • WDM - Wavelength Division Multiplexing 
  • SPM - Self-Phase Modulation 
  • SLM - Single Longitudinal Mode 
  • AOM - Acousto-Optic Modulator 
  • CWDM - Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing 
  • RADAR - Radio Detecting and Ranging 
  • Laser - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation 
  • OPO - optical parametric oscillator 
  • maser - microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation 
  • DBR - Distributed Bragg Reflector 
  • LASIK - laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis 

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APAAvalanche Photo Diode. (2009, January 7). In All Acronyms. Retrieved 13:50, January 7, 2009, from http://www.all-acronyms.com/APD/Avalanche_Photo_Diode/16985
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