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neodymium glass laser

neodymium glass laser

[‚nē·ō′dim·ē·əm ¦glas ′lāz·ər]
(optics)
An amorphous solid laser in which glass is doped with neodymium; characteristics are comparable with those of a pulsed ruby laser, but the wavelength of radiation is outside the visible range.
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