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Equipment and Supplies > Radiation Equipment and Supplies > Lasers
Equipment and Supplies > Optical Devices > Lasers

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Lasers  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Continuous Wave Laser
  • Continuous Wave Lasers
  • Laser, Continuous Wave
  • Laser, Pulsed
  • Laser, Q-Switched
  • Lasers, Continuous Wave
  • Lasers, Pulsed
  • Lasers, Q-Switched
  • Maser
  • Masers
  • Pulsed Laser
  • Pulsed Lasers
  • Q-Switched Laser
  • Q Switched Lasers
  • Q-Switched Lasers

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; laser injuries = LASERS /adv eff + organ / inj but do not coordinate with RADIATION INJURIES or any BURNS term; effect of laser as radiation: coordinate IM with anatomical term, organism or chemical substance / rad eff (IM); LASER THERAPY and LOW-LEVEL LIGHT THERAPY are also available

Scope note

  • An optical source that emits photons in a coherent beam. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER) is brought about using devices that transform light of varying frequencies into a single intense, nearly nondivergent beam of monochromatic radiation. Lasers operate in the infrared, visible, ultraviolet, or X-ray regions of the spectrum.

History note

  • 65(63)

In other languages

  • laserit

    Finnish

  • laser
  • laserlaite
  • laserlaitteet
  • Laser

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007834

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