High harmonic generationHigh harmonic generation (HHG) is a non-linear process during which a target (gas, plasma, solid or liquid sample) is illuminated by an intense laser pulse. Under such conditions, the sample will emit the high harmonics of the generation beam (above the fifth harmonic). Due to the coherent nature of the process, high harmonics generation is a prerequisite of attosecond physics. Perturbative harmonic generation is a process whereby laser light of frequency ω and photon energy ħω can be used to generate new frequencies of light.
Disque optiquethumb|right|CD en vrac. Dans les domaines de l'informatique, de l'audio et de la vidéo, un disque optique, aussi appelé disque optique numérique ou DON, est un disque plat servant de support de stockage amovible. Un disque optique est habituellement constitué de polycarbonate. En informatique, les disques optiques sont utilisés comme mémoires de masse. La norme ISO 9660 définit le système de fichiers utilisé sur les CD-ROM et DVD-ROM. Les CD, les DVD et les Blu-ray sont les disques optiques les plus connus.
Modal operatorA modal connective (or modal operator) is a logical connective for modal logic. It is an operator which forms propositions from propositions. In general, a modal operator has the "formal" property of being non-truth-functional in the following sense: The truth-value of composite formulae sometimes depend on factors other than the actual truth-value of their components. In the case of alethic modal logic, a modal operator can be said to be truth-functional in another sense, namely, that of being sensitive only to the distribution of truth-values across possible worlds, actual or not.
