Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • That may be saturated; capable of saturation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being saturated; admitting of saturation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Capable of being saturated, of achieving saturation

Etymologies

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Latin saturabilis: compare French saturable.

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Examples

  • But there is gain less than one, AND there is a saturable response, so the positive feedback is not catastrophic to the signalling pathways in which it participates.

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  • Co2+: Spinel as a saturable absorber is effective for the compact, light-weight passively Q-switched eyesafe laser operation.

    optics.org all content 2010

  • Here, use of atomic layer graphene as saturable absorber in a mode-locked fiber laser for the generation of ultrashort soliton pulses (756 fs) at the telecommunication band is demonstrated.

    Next Big Future 2010

  • Nanowerks has a spotlight on the work of Dingyuan Tang from Nanyang Technological University and Professor Kian Ping Loh from National University of Singapore with the first breakthrough in using few-layer graphene as a saturable absorber for the mode locking of lasers.

    Next Big Future 2010

  • Due to its unique electronic property and the Pauli blocking principle, atomic layer graphene possesses wavelength-independent ultrafast saturable absorption, which can be exploited for the ultrafast photonics application.

    Next Big Future 2010

  • Co2+: Spinel as a saturable absorber is effective for the compact, light-weight passively Q-switched eyesafe laser operation.

    optics.org all content 2010

  • The separators exhibit stability and low shrinkage in high temperatures and are highly saturable in electyrolyte liquids.

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  • Treximet should systemthere tolnaftate underutilized by vitreous cheeses saturable in their pregnancy.

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  • Co2+: Spinel as a saturable absorber is effective for the compact, light-weight passively Q-switched eyesafe laser operation.

    optics.org all content 2010

  • To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest pulse energy reported for ultrafast erbium doped fiber lasers mode locked with a real saturable absorber in cavity.

    Next Big Future 2010

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