Optics — For the book by Sir Isaac Newton, see Opticks. Optical redirects here. For the musical artist, see Optical (artist). Optics includes study of dispersion of light. Optics is the branch of … Wikipedia
Ion laser — An ion laser is a gas laser which uses an ionized gas as its lasing medium. [GoldBookRef|title=ion laser|file=I03219] Like other gas lasers, ion lasers feature a sealed cavity containing the laser medium and mirrors forming a Fabry Perot… … Wikipedia
Electrostatic ion thruster — The electrostatic ion thruster is a kind of design for ion thrusters (a kind of highly efficient low thrust spacecraft propulsion running on electrical power). These designs use high voltage electrodes in order to accelerate ions with… … Wikipedia
Nonlinear optics — (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behaviour of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the dielectric polarization P responds nonlinearly to the electric field E of the light. This nonlinearity is typically only observed… … Wikipedia
Dispersion (optics) — This article is about dispersion of waves in optics. For other forms of dispersion, see Dispersion (disambiguation). In a prism, material dispersion (a wavelength dependent refractive index) causes different colors to refract at different angles … Wikipedia
Trapped ion quantum computer — A Trapped ion quantum computer is a type of quantum computer. Ions, or charged atomic particles, can be confined and suspended in free space using electromagnetic fields. Qubits are stored in stable electronic states of each ion, and quantum… … Wikipedia
Low-energy ion scattering — LEIS redirects here; for the Hawaiian garland see Lei (Hawaii). Low energy ion scattering spectroscopy (LEIS), sometimes referred to simply as ion scattering spectroscopy (ISS), is a surface sensitive analytical technique used to characterize the … Wikipedia
Gradient-index optics — is the branch of optics covering optical effects produced by a gradual variation of the refractive index of a material. An example of gradient index optics is the common mirage of a pool of water appearing on a road on a hot day. The pool is… … Wikipedia
Mass-to-charge ratio — Charge to Mass ratio SI quantity dimension: M/(I⋅T) SI unit: kg/C other units: Th The mass to charge ratio ratio (m/Q) is a physical quantity that is widely used in the electrodynamics of c … Wikipedia
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry — ICP MS Instrument Acronym ICP MS Classification Mass spectrometry Analytes atomic and polyatomic species in plasma, with exceptions; usually inte … Wikipedia