incoupling

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Verb

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incoupling

  1. present participle and gerund of incouple

Noun

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incoupling (usually uncountable, plural incouplings)

  1. The act of transferring incoming energy into an electronic device.
    • 1990, Microcircuit Engineering, page 121:
      Depending on the process, the resist may be used at a film thickness either for maximum incoupling or for minimum incoupling.
    • 2004, Sebastian Bär, Crystalline Rare Earth Doped Sesquioxide PLD-films on α-Alumina, page 97:
      The dimension of the waveguides, i.e. a film thickness d = 1 µm, was chosen in order to find a compromise between efficient incoupling of the light and single mode guiding.