excimer
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- noun
- /ˈɛksaɪmər/
- Specialized
- Laird Thompson of the University of Illinois and his colleagues plan to create a guide star with an "excimer" laser, which he says is much cheaper than sodium lasers.
- excimer laser
Examples
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The new laser is said to be the only pulsed laser that can be optimally configured for pumping by either a neodymium:YAG laser or an excimer laser.
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The copper-vapor and excimer systems operate in pulsed mode, while sodium-wavelength lasers are either pulsed or continuous wave.
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Now, this is a tunable excimer laser.
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In corrective laser eye surgery, surgeons rely on excimer lasers.
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Three lithography laser suppliers offer 157-nm excimer lasers with output powers greater than 10 watts.
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Resist systems for use in ArF (193-nm) excimer laser lithography are maturing rapidly.
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Pitz has patented new laser tagging methods for unseeded velocity measurements in airflows and flames using ultraviolet excimer lasers.
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He has pioneered the development of ultraviolet excimer lasers for the measurement of subsonic and supersonic turbulent reacting flows.
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Surgeons use an excimer laser to perform precise corrections during eye surgery.
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The excimer laser is commonly utilized in the treatment of myopia during vision correction procedures.
Synonyms
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A machine that makes a strong, narrow beam of light used to cut or read codes
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A device that makes a very strong single-color beam of light
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Morphology
Etymology
Excimer also names a type of laser that uses those excited dimer molecules, which are short-lived 'pairs' with extra energy, to make strong ultraviolet light, so excimer lasers are used for very precise work like eye surgery and chip making.