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| 4. | Light as a particle and a ______ |
| 5. | Fundamental particles, incapable of independent existence, that combine to form particles such as protons and neutrons. |
| 7. | Consequence of the high spatial conherency of a Laser |
| 9. | A device that produces an intense, coherent, directional beam of microwave |
| 11. | Equations describe the interrelationship between electric field, magnetic field, electric charge, and electric current |
| 12. | System of equations that describes the changes in populations of various states |
| 13. | Norfolk State University mascot |
| 15. | first Substance to produce laser action in the visible spectrum |
| 18. | Light that is unable to escape from media experience |
| 19. | A light-sensitive membrane lining the posterior part of the inside of the eye |
| 21. | The generation and sending out of radiant energy |
| 22. | <W| |
| 23. | Polarized light is represented with _____matrices |
| 27. | An optical element consisting of two plane parallel reflective surfaces |
| 28. | ______ barium borate |
| 31. | metric unit of illuminance |
| 34. | Aluminum |
| 36. | Unwanted radiative transition in a laser system |
| 37. | Arrangement of mirrors that forms a standing wave cavity resonator for light waves |
| 38. | Wave phenomenon commonly observed in mirrors |
| 40. | A radio device for detecting the position of distant masses and the course of moving objects. |
| 44. | Process of blocking the transmission of the cavity to permit a greater upper state population. |
| 46. | The bending of light |
| 47. | The shape of the Laser _____ can be changed |
| 51. | Causes the spatial separation of a white light into spectral components |
| 53. | _______efficiency- percentage of pump band population that transfers to the upper laser state |
| 54. | A general law describing the reflection, refractoin, and transmission of light from an interface. |
| 55. | Superposition of two or more waves resulting in a new wave pattern |
| 56. | Amplification |
| 57. | Diode such that light emitted at a p-n |
| 58. | |W> |