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quantum cascade laser
noun (plural: quantum cascade lasers)
  1. A laser that operates by analogy with an electronic waterfall, with electrons cascading down a series of small steps emitting a photon at each step.
<!-- any more information than that would be in an encyclopedia. Until someone
writes it up for Wikipedia, make do with the References below. --> Etymology: quantum after the behavior of electrons and photons, cascade for a series of small steps, describing an implementation of a laser.

     
 
  

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