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- noun physics
light having both highspatial coherence and broadspectral bandwidth ; i.e.laser light that is notmonochromatic
Etymologies
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Rogue bursts of light were first spotted a year ago during the generation of a special kind of radiation called supercontinuum (SC).
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Rogue bursts of light were first spotted a year ago during the generation of a special kind of radiation called supercontinuum (SC).
unknown title 2009
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Billed as the "fastest imaging system ever devised," it works by carefully manipulating so-called supercontinuum laser pulses, for imaging fast-moving or random events, such as communication between neurons.
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Rogue bursts of light were first spotted a year ago during the generation of a special kind of radiation called supercontinuum (SC).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Rogue bursts of light were first spotted a year ago during the generation of a special kind of radiation called supercontinuum (SC).
unknown title 2009
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The seed wave also decreases the amount of energy needed to produce a supercontinuum by 25 percent.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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An artist's representation of a rogue wave appearing during supercontinuum generation.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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"But normal water has nucleation sites for bubble formation that -- like our seed waves stimulate the supercontinuum -- help the water boil smoothly with less heat."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Optics. org speaks to the team pioneering supercontinuum cavity ring-down spectroscopy.
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These include fluorescence, spectroscopy, gem marking, microdissection, communications, ranging, and as seeds for fiber lasers and supercontinuum generation.
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