List of laser articles

This is a list of laser topics.

A

 * 3D printing, additive manufacturing
 * Abnormal reflection
 * Above-threshold ionization
 * Absorption spectroscopy
 * Accelerator physics
 * Acoustic microscopy
 * Acousto-optic deflector
 * Acousto-optic modulator
 * Acousto-optical spectrometer
 * Acousto-optics
 * Active laser medium
 * Active optics
 * Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System
 * Advanced Tactical Laser
 * Afocal system
 * Airborne laser
 * Airborne wind turbine
 * Airy beam
 * ALKA
 * All gas-phase iodine laser
 * Ambient ionization
 * Amplified spontaneous emission
 * Analytical chemistry
 * Aneutronic fusion
 * Antiproton Decelerator
 * Apache Arrowhead
 * Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
 * Arago spot
 * Argon fluoride laser
 * Argus laser
 * Asterix IV laser
 * Astrophysical maser
 * Atmospheric-pressure laser ionization
 * Atom interferometer
 * Atom laser
 * Atom probe
 * Atomic clock
 * Atomic coherence
 * Atomic fountain
 * Atomic line filter
 * Atomic ratio
 * Atomic spectroscopy
 * Atomic vapor laser isotope separation
 * Audience scanning
 * Autler–Townes effect
 * Autologous patient-specific tumor antigen response
 * Automated guided vehicle
 * Autonomous cruise control system
 * Avalanche photodiode
 * Axicon

B

 * Babinet's principle
 * Ballistic photon
 * Bandwidth-limited pulse
 * Bandwidth (signal processing)
 * Barcode reader
 * Basir
 * Beam-powered propulsion
 * Beam diameter
 * Beam dump
 * Beam expander
 * Beam homogenizer
 * Beam parameter product
 * Beamz
 * Big Bang Observer
 * Biophotonics
 * Biosensor
 * Black silicon
 * Blood irradiation therapy
 * Blu-ray Disc
 * Blue laser
 * Boeing Laser Avenger
 * Boeing NC-135
 * Boeing YAL-1
 * Bubblegram

C

 * CLidar
 * CALIPSO, Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
 * Calligraphic projection
 * Calutron
 * Carbon dioxide laser
 * Carrier generation and recombination
 * Catastrophic optical damage
 * Cauterization
 * Cavity ring-down laser absorption spectroscopy
 * Ceilometer
 * Chaos in optical systems
 * Chemical laser
 * Chemical oxygen iodine laser
 * Chirped mirror
 * Chirped pulse amplification
 * Clementine (spacecraft)
 * Cloud seeding
 * Coherence (physics)
 * Coherence length
 * Coherence time
 * Coherent addition
 * Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy
 * Coherent backscattering
 * Coherent perfect absorber, anti-laser
 * Coherent spectroscopy
 * Collimator
 * Colloidal crystal
 * Color LaserWriter
 * Color engraving
 * Common Infrared Countermeasures program
 * CD player
 * Compatible Toner Cartridge
 * Computed tomography laser mammography
 * Computer Output to Laser Disc
 * Confocal laser scanning microscopy
 * Confocal microscopy
 * Containment field
 * Continuous scan laser Doppler vibrometry
 * Continuous wave
 * Coordinate-measuring machine
 * Copper vapor laser
 * Core/Shell Semiconductor Nanocrystals
 * Corneal Waveform technology
 * Coupling parameter
 * Crystal oven
 * Cyclic ozone
 * Cyclops laser

D

 * Dark state
 * David Laserscanner
 * Dazer Laser
 * Dazzler (weapon)
 * Defence Research and Development Organisation
 * Delayed extraction
 * Dental laser
 * Detonator
 * Diamond anvil cell
 * Diamond blade
 * Diamond enhancement
 * Diamond turning
 * Dichroic filter
 * Dielectric mirror
 * Diffractive beam splitter
 * Digital holographic microscopy
 * Diode-pumped solid-state laser
 * Dipole trap
 * Direct laser lithography
 * Direct metal laser sintering
 * Directed-energy weapon
 * Disk laser
 * Dispersive prism
 * Distributed Bragg reflector
 * Distributed acoustic sensing
 * Distributed feedback laser
 * Distributed temperature sensing
 * Dopant
 * Doppler cooling limit
 * Double-clad fiber
 * Double-density compact disc
 * Double-slit experiment
 * Dual polarization interferometry
 * Dumpy level
 * Dye laser
 * Dynamic Laser Cruise Control
 * Dynamic light scattering

E

 * Electric spark
 * Electro-absorption modulator
 * Electro-optic modulator
 * Electrolaser
 * Electromagnetic radiation
 * Electromagnetically induced grating
 * Electromagnetically induced transparency
 * Electronic countermeasure
 * Electronic speckle pattern interferometry
 * Electrophoretic light scattering
 * Electrophotography
 * Electrostatic-sensitive device
 * Encircled energy
 * Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology
 * Endovenous laser treatment
 * Energy transfer upconversion
 * Enriched uranium
 * Er:glass laser
 * European x-ray free electron laser
 * Evolutionary Air and Space Global Laser Engagement
 * Excimer laser
 * Extensometer
 * Extinction cross
 * Extinction ratio
 * Extreme Light Infrastructure
 * Extreme ultraviolet
 * Extreme ultraviolet lithography
 * Eye surgery
 * Eye testing using speckle

F

 * FILAT, Forward-looking Infrared and Laser Attack Targeting
 * FLASH
 * FROG
 * Fabrication (metal)
 * Fabry–Pérot interferometer
 * Far-infrared laser
 * Fast atom bombardment
 * Femtolab
 * Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction
 * Femtosecond laser intrastromal vision correction
 * Femtosecond pulse shaping
 * Fiber Bragg grating
 * Fiber disk laser
 * Fiber laser
 * Fibre optic gyroscope
 * Field-Map
 * Figure-8 laser
 * Filament propagation
 * Fire-and-forget
 * Firearm microstamping
 * Fixed-point laser sensors
 * Flash photolysis
 * Flashtube
 * Flow cytometry
 * Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy
 * Fluorescence spectroscopy
 * Forced Rayleigh scattering
 * Fourier domain mode locking
 * 4Pi microscope, a laser scanning fluorescence microscope
 * Frame-dragging
 * Fraunhofer diffraction
 * Free-electron laser
 * Free-space optical communication
 * Frequency Addition Source of Optical Radiation
 * Frequency agility
 * Frequency comb
 * Frequency-resolved optical gating
 * Fuser
 * Fusion power
 * Fusion splicing

G

 * GBU-44/B Viper Strike
 * GEKKO XII
 * GRENOUILLE
 * Gain-switching
 * Gain (lasers)
 * Galvanometer
 * Gamma ray laser
 * Gamut
 * Gas centrifuge
 * Gas dynamic laser
 * Gas laser
 * Gaser, Gamma Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
 * Gaussian beam
 * Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
 * Glan–laser prism
 * Goniometer
 * Grating-eliminated no-nonsense observation of ultrafast incident laser light e-fields, GRENOUILLE
 * Grating light valve
 * Gravitational wave
 * Gravitational wave detector
 * Gravity laser
 * Guidance system
 * Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket – Laser

H

 * HDSS
 * HD DVD
 * HELRAM
 * HP LaserJet
 * Handheld projector
 * Hateruma class patrol vessel
 * Heat-affected zone
 * Heat treating
 * Helium–neon laser
 * Heterodyne
 * Heterojunction
 * HiPER
 * High-altitude wind power
 * High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System
 * High Harmonic Generation
 * Holographic Versatile Disc
 * Holographic grating
 * Holographic weapon sight
 * Holography
 * Holometer
 * Homodyne detection
 * Homogeneous broadening
 * Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic
 * Hybrid silicon laser
 * Hydrodynamic focusing
 * Hydrogen fluoride laser
 * Hydroxyl tagging velocimetry

I

 * Ion laser

J

 * Janus laser

K

 * KALI (laser)
 * Kerr-lens modelocking
 * Kerr effect
 * Keyence
 * Krasnopol (Weapon)
 * Krypton fluoride laser

L

 * LAM, Laser Assisted Myringotomy
 * LANTIRN, Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night
 * LARES (satellite)
 * LCA-Vision
 * LCGT
 * LED printer
 * LFA, Laser flash analysis
 * LIDAR, Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging)
 * LIDAR speed gun
 * LISA Pathfinder
 * LITENING targeting pod
 * LLM01
 * LOMAK, Light Operated Mouse And Keyboard
 * LT PGB
 * LULI
 * LULI2000
 * LaSer UK
 * Laboratory for Laser Energetics
 * Laminated object manufacturing
 * Laser
 * Laser-assisted new attachment procedure
 * Laser-based angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
 * Laser-doppler flowmetry
 * Laser-guided bomb
 * Laser-heated pedestal growth
 * Laser-hybrid welding
 * Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
 * Laser-induced fluorescence
 * Laser ablation
 * Laser ablation electrospray ionization
 * Laser ablation synthesis in solution
 * Laser absorption spectrometry
 * Laser accelerometer
 * Laser acronyms
 * Laser aiming module
 * Laser airborne depth sounder
 * Laser Arena
 * Laser assisted parking
 * Laser beam divergence
 * Laser beam machining
 * Laser beam profiler
 * Laser beam quality
 * Laser beam riding
 * Laser blended vision
 * Laser bridge
 * Laser broom
 * Laser camera system
 * Laser cannon
 * Laser cautery
 * Laser coagulation
 * Laser communication
 * Laser construction
 * Laser converting
 * Laser cooling
 * Laser crystal
 * Laser cutting
 * Laser dazzler
 * Laser designator
 * Laser Design, Inc.
 * Laser detector
 * Laser detuning
 * Laser diffraction analysis
 * Laser diode
 * Laser diode rate equations
 * Laser Doppler velocimetry
 * Laser Doppler vibrometer
 * Laser drilling
 * Laser dynamic range imager
 * Laser Electrical
 * Laser engraving
 * Laser extensometer
 * Laser eye surgery
 * Laser fence
 * Laser flash analysis
 * Laser Focus World
 * Laser fusion
 * Laser Geodynamics Satellites, LAGEOS
 * Laser Ghost
 * Laser glass sculpture
 * Laser guidance
 * Laser guide star
 * Laser guns
 * Laser hair removal
 * Laser harp
 * Laser heater
 * Laser imaging
 * Laser inertial fusion energy
 * Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, LIGO
 * Laser injection
 * Laser integration line
 * Laser keyboard
 * Laser level
 * Laser levitation
 * Laser light show (Grand Coulee Dam)
 * Laser light shows
 * Laser line level
 * Laser linewidth
 * Laser lithotripsy
 * Laser machine control
 * Laser medicine
 * Laser Mégajoule
 * Laser melting
 * Laser mouse
 * Laser microjet
 * Laser microphone
 * Laser microprobe mass spectrometry
 * Laser microscopy
 * Laser mode
 * Laser oscillation
 * Laser photoplotter
 * Laser pistol
 * Laser plasma acceleration
 * Laser pointer
 * Laser power beaming
 * Laser printer
 * Laser propulsion
 * Laser protection eyewear
 * Laser Radial
 * Laser radial keratotomy
 * Laser rangefinder
 * Laser rapid manufacturing
 * Laser reflecting goniometer
 * Laser resurfacing
 * Laser rot
 * Laser safety
 * Laser scalpel
 * Laser scanner
 * Laser scanning
 * Laser science
 * Laser Science and Technology Centre
 * Laser shaft alignment
 * Laser shock
 * Laser sight
 * Laser snow
 * Laser soldering
 * Laser speckle
 * Laser spectroscopy
 * Laser spray ionization
 * Laser Stratos
 * Laser surface velocimeter
 * Laser survey
 * Laser sword
 * Laser table
 * Laser tag
 * Laser thermal keratoplasty
 * Laser thermometer
 * Laser trackers
 * Laser trimming
 * Laser turntable
 * Laser tweezer
 * Laser vaginal rejuvenation
 * Laser video display
 * Laser video projector
 * Laser voltage prober
 * Laserblast
 * Laserdisc
 * Laserfection
 * Laserfilm
 * LaserLock
 * LaserMotive
 * LaserScope
 * Lasgun
 * LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis)
 * Lasing threshold
 * Laspistol
 * Light
 * Light-emitting diode
 * LightScribe
 * Light beam
 * Light dressed state
 * Light gun
 * Light induced voltage alteration
 * Light pulse generator
 * Light therapy
 * Lightcraft
 * Lightning
 * Line laser
 * Liposuction
 * Liquid crystal
 * Liquid crystal laser
 * List of laser applications
 * List of laser types
 * Lloyd's mirror
 * Lockheed Martin Sniper XR
 * Logitech VX Revolution
 * Long path laser
 * Longitudinal mode
 * Low-angle laser light scattering
 * Low level laser therapy
 * Lunar Laser Ranging experiment
 * Lyot filter

M

 * MALDI imaging
 * MEMS magnetic field sensor
 * MESSENGER
 * MIRACL
 * M squared
 * Madison Symmetric Torus
 * Magnetized target fusion
 * Magneto-optic Kerr effect
 * Magneto-optical drive
 * Magneto-optical trap
 * Manipulation of atoms by optical field
 * Mars Global Surveyor
 * Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter
 * Marvin (robot)
 * Maser
 * Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
 * McCumber relation
 * Megamaser
 * Mercury laser
 * Metal aromaticity
 * Michelson interferometer
 * Microplasma
 * Microprobe
 * Microscale thermophoresis
 * Mirror
 * Mirror galvanometer
 * Mirror mount
 * Missile guidance
 * Mobile Tactical High-Energy Laser
 * Mode-locking
 * Mode coupling
 * Mode scrambler
 * Modulating retro-reflector
 * Molecular laser isotope separation
 * Molecular tagging velocimetry
 * Monochromator
 * Moore's law
 * Mosquito laser
 * Motion detection
 * Multiangle light scattering
 * Multifocal multiphoton microscopy
 * Multiphase topology optimisation
 * Multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan
 * Multiple-prism dispersion theory
 * Multiple-prism grating laser oscillator
 * Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System

N

 * N-slit interferometer
 * N-slit interferometric equation
 * NRLMSISE-00
 * Nanoimpellers
 * Nanolaser
 * Nanoneedle
 * Nanosecond
 * Nanosight
 * National Ignition Facility
 * YAG laser
 * glass laser
 * NeXT Laser Printer
 * Near-field scanning optical microscope
 * Negative temperature
 * Neutral density filter
 * Newton's flaming laser sword
 * Nicoll-Dyson Laser
 * Nike laser
 * Nitrogen laser
 * Noble gas
 * Noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectroscopy
 * Non-ionizing radiation
 * Nonlinear optics
 * Novette laser
 * Nuclear fusion-fission hybrid
 * Nuclear photonic rocket
 * Nuclear pumped laser
 * Numerical aperture

O

 * OMAC Laser 300
 * Open fiber control
 * Optical Express
 * Optical amplifier
 * Optical autocorrelation
 * Optical beam dump
 * Optical beam induced current
 * Optical bistability
 * Optical cavity
 * Optical coherence tomography
 * Optical cross section
 * Optical decay
 * Optical dilatometer
 * Optical disc drive
 * Optical downconverter
 * Optical feedback
 * Optical heterodyne detection
 * Optical imaging
 * Optical interferometry
 * Optical lattice
 * Optical lift
 * Optical media preservation
 * Optical microcavity
 * Optical modulation amplitude
 * Optical modulator
 * Optical molasses
 * Optical parametric amplifier
 * Optical parametric oscillator
 * Optical power budget
 * Optical pumping
 * Optical recording
 * Optical ring resonators
 * Optical storage
 * Optical table
 * Optical tape
 * Optical train
 * Optical tweezers
 * Optimax
 * Optimized Power Control
 * Orbiter Boom Sensor System
 * Organic photorefractive materials
 * Ormosil
 * Oscillator linewidth
 * Output coupler

P

 * PDLCT
 * PITZ
 * PPCT
 * PVLAS
 * Particle-size distribution
 * Particle accelerator
 * Particle counter
 * Particle image velocimetry
 * Particle tracking velocimetry
 * Pascal Photocoagulator
 * Paser
 * Pauli exclusion principle
 * Pave Spike
 * Pave Tack
 * Paveway
 * Penning trap
 * Peresvet
 * Personnel Detection Device
 * Peter Harrison Planetarium, is a 120-seat digital laser planetarium
 * Phased-array optics
 * PHASR, Personnel halting and stimulation response rifle
 * Phoenix (spacecraft)
 * Photoablation
 * Photoconductive atomic force microscopy
 * Photodarkening
 * Photodissociation
 * Photodynamic therapy
 * Photoelectrochemical processes
 * Photoemission spectroscopy
 * Photoflash capacitor
 * Photofragment-ion imaging
 * Photoionization mode
 * Photolithography
 * Photomixing
 * Photon
 * Photon Doppler velocimetry
 * Photon antibunching
 * Photonic-crystal fiber
 * Photonic force microscope
 * Photonic integrated circuit
 * Photonics
 * Photonics Spectra
 * Photophoresis
 * Photoplotter
 * Photorefractive effect
 * Photothermal effect
 * Photothermal spectroscopy
 * Planar Doppler velocimetry
 * Planar laser-induced fluorescence
 * Planetarium projector
 * Plasma Acoustic Shield System
 * Plasma acceleration
 * Plasma channel
 * Plasma cutting
 * Plasma stealth
 * Plasma weapon
 * Plastic surgery
 * Platesetter
 * Plymouth Laser
 * Point-to-point laser technology (PPLT)
 * Polariton laser
 * Polarization ripples
 * Polyus (spacecraft)
 * Ponderomotive energy
 * Population inversion
 * Potassium titanyl phosphate
 * Pound–Drever–Hall technique
 * Power scaling
 * Precision-guided munition
 * Precision bombing
 * Precrash system
 * Printed circuit board
 * Prism coupler
 * Projection keyboard
 * Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons
 * Pulsed laser
 * Pulse repetition frequency
 * Pulsed Energy Projectile, Pulsed Impulsive Kill Laser
 * Pulsed laser deposition
 * Pulsed power
 * Pursuit guidance

Q

 * Q-switching
 * Q factor
 * Quantapoint
 * Quantum amplifier
 * Quantum cascade laser
 * Quantum clock
 * Quantum defect
 * Quantum dot
 * Quantum dot laser
 * Quantum heterostructure
 * Quantum imaging
 * Quantum limit
 * Quantum noise
 * Quantum tomography
 * Quantum well
 * Quantum well laser
 * Quenching (fluorescence)

R

 * Radar
 * Radar detector
 * Radar gun
 * Radial polarization
 * Rail inspection
 * Rainbow hologram
 * Raman cooling
 * Raman laser
 * Raman microscope
 * Raman scattering
 * Random laser
 * Range imaging
 * Rangefinder
 * Rare-earth element
 * Rave
 * Ray transfer matrix analysis
 * Raygun
 * Rayleigh length
 * Reciprocity (photography)
 * Recoil temperature
 * Reference beam
 * Reflectron
 * Refrigeration
 * Regenerative amplification
 * Relative fluorescence units
 * Relative intensity noise
 * Relativistic electron beam
 * Relativistic heat conduction
 * Relativistic similarity parameter
 * Resolution enhancement technology
 * Resolved sideband cooling
 * Resonance Raman spectroscopy
 * Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization
 * Ring laser
 * Ring laser gyroscope
 * Rocket-assisted projectile
 * Roketsan Cirit
 * Ruby laser
 * Rydberg ionization spectroscopy
 * Rydberg molecule
 * Rydberg state
 * Rytov number

S

 * SCALPEL, Small Contained-Area Laser Precision Energetic Load
 * SEAgel
 * SWEEPNIK
 * Sagnac effect
 * SASER, Sound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
 * Satellite geodesy
 * Satellite laser ranging
 * Saturated absorption
 * Saturated spectroscopy
 * Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy
 * Scanning voltage microscopy
 * Scattering from rough surfaces
 * Second-harmonic generation
 * Second-harmonic imaging microscopy
 * Security seal
 * Selective laser melting
 * Selective laser sintering
 * Self-amplified stimulated emission
 * Self-focusing
 * Self-mixing interferometry
 * Self-phase modulation
 * Self-pulsation
 * Semiconductor ring laser
 * Sensor based sorting
 * Serial time-encoded amplified microscopy (STEAM)
 * Shearography
 * Shielding gas
 * Shiva laser
 * Shtora
 * Sight (device)
 * Signal beam
 * Silex Process
 * Sim scanner
 * Single photon sources
 * Sisyphus cooling
 * Sisyphus effect
 * Skin whitening
 * Skyguard (airport defense system)
 * Slapper detonator
 * Slope efficiency
 * Smith–Purcell effect
 * Smoke detector
 * Smoke screen
 * Sniper
 * Soft-tissue laser surgery
 * Soft laser desorption
 * Solar-pumped laser
 * Solar sail
 * Solid-state laser
 * Solid-state dye laser
 * Soviet laser pistol
 * Space-based solar power
 * Space debris
 * Spaser, Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
 * Spatial filter
 * Spatial light modulator
 * Spatially Encoded Arrangement for SPIDER
 * Speckle pattern
 * Spectrometer
 * Spectroscopy
 * Speed limit enforcement
 * Spontaneous emission


 * Stage lighting
 * Starfire Optical Range
 * Starstreak (missile)
 * Static light scattering
 * Stealth aircraft
 * Stealth technology
 * Stereoscopy
 * Stimulated emission
 * Strainmeter
 * Strategic Defense Initiative
 * Streamlight
 * Strong confinement limit
 * Strontium vapor laser
 * Structured-light 3D scanner
 * Sum-frequency generation
 * Sum frequency generation spectroscopy
 * Super resolution microscopy
 * Supercontinuum
 * Supercritical angle fluorescence microscopy
 * Superluminescent diode
 * Superradiance
 * Surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization
 * Surround optical-fiber immunoassay (SOFIA)
 * SwissFEL
 * Synchrotron light source
 * Synthetic aperture radar
 * Synthetic diamond

T

 * TEA laser
 * TIALD, Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator Pod
 * Tactical High Energy Laser
 * Tactical light
 * Talbot cavity
 * Targeting (warfare)
 * Targeting pods
 * Taser
 * Terahertz radiation
 * Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
 * Terra-3
 * Tetracene
 * Theatrical smoke and fog
 * Theodolite
 * Thermal blooming
 * Thermal laser stimulation
 * Thermal shock parameter in the physics of solid-state lasers
 * Thermopile laser sensor
 * Thin film
 * Three-level laser
 * Ti:sapphire laser
 * Time-of-flight camera
 * Time-of-flight mass spectrometry
 * Time-resolved spectroscopy
 * Time of flight
 * Titan laser
 * Toda oscillator
 * Toner
 * Toner cartridge
 * Toner refill
 * Tophat beam
 * Trabeculoplasty
 * Track and trace
 * Transistor laser
 * Transoral laser microsurgery
 * Transparency and translucency
 * Transparent ceramics
 * Transverse mode
 * TriDAR
 * Trident laser
 * Trotec
 * Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy
 * Tunable laser
 * Turbulent diffusion
 * Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy
 * Two-photon absorption
 * Two-photon excitation microscopy
 * Type 87 Chu-MAT

U

 * Ultra Density Optical disk format
 * Ultracold atom
 * Ultrafast laser spectroscopy
 * Ultrafast monochromator
 * Ultralase
 * Ultrashort pulse
 * Ultrashort pulse laser
 * Ultrasonic flow meter
 * Ultraviolet
 * Undulator

V

 * VORPAL
 * VTech Laser 200
 * Vector soliton fiber laser with atomic layer graphene
 * Veiling-glare laser
 * Verdet constant
 * Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
 * Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting-laser
 * Videodisc
 * Videometer
 * Virgo interferometer
 * Visotek
 * Volume hologram
 * Vulcan laser

W

 * Wall-plug efficiency
 * Warm dense matter
 * Waveguide (optics)
 * Wavelength-division multiplexing
 * Weapon effects simulation
 * Wideband materials
 * Wireless energy transfer

X

 * X-ray
 * X-ray laser
 * Xenon chloride laser
 * Xerox

Y

 * Yb:LuVO4

Z

 * ZETA (fusion reactor)
 * ZEUS-HLONS (HMMWV Laser Ordnance Neutralization System)
 * Zeeman slower
 * Zerona