"Lasers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D007834
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.632.490 E07.710.520
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| Concept/Terms |
Q-Switched Lasers- Q-Switched Lasers
- Laser, Q-Switched
- Lasers, Q-Switched
- Q Switched Lasers
- Q-Switched Laser
Pulsed Lasers- Pulsed Lasers
- Laser, Pulsed
- Lasers, Pulsed
- Pulsed Laser
Continuous Wave Lasers- Continuous Wave Lasers
- Continuous Wave Laser
- Laser, Continuous Wave
- Lasers, Continuous Wave
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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