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Q-switching

Q-switching noun: a technique by which a laser can be made to produce a pulsed output beam, with much higher power in each pulse than would be produced when operating as a continuous wave. Also the present participle and gerund of Q-switch.

Noun

Q-switching (uncountable)

  1. A technique by which a laser can be made to produce a pulsed output beam, with much higher power in each pulse than would be produced when operating as a continuous wave.

Also used as

Q-switching is also the present participle and gerund of Q-switch.

Origin of Q-switching

The Q stands for the quality factor of the resonator on the laser, which is altered in order to produce the pulse.

Questions about Q-switching

What does Q-switching mean?
Q-switching means a technique by which a laser can be made to produce a pulsed output beam, with much higher power in each pulse than would be produced when operating as a continuous wave.
What part of speech is Q-switching?
Q-switching is a noun.

Words near Q-switching in the dictionary

  1. Q-spoiling
  2. Q-spoils
  3. Q-switch
  4. Q-switched
  5. Q-switches
  6. Q-switching
  7. q-tip
  8. q-tips
  9. q-tof
  10. q-tofs
  11. Q-value

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