Glossary, Definitions

Show Laser Glossary, Definitions & Explanations This Glossary shall provide general definitions for terms used on this website as well as give some background information on terms and topics used in show laser and entertainment industry.
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Party Laser

What is a party laser? A party laser is a show laser light system for smaller entertainment events, for example in clubs, discotheques, pubs, and...

Safety Zone

What is a Safety Zone? As show laser systems can be harmful for human skin / eyes, professional laser show software offers the opportunity to set...

TTL Modulation

What means TTL modulation? TTL stands for transistor-transistor-logic and describes a special kind of show laser modulation for laser sources....

PCAOM

PCAOM ist the abbreviation for Polychromatic Acousto-Optic Modulator. Unlike an AOM (acousto-optic modulator), which can only deflect a single...

Scan Speed

The scan speed is specified in pps (points per second) or kpps (kilo points per second) and is used to describe how fast the mirrors of a scanning...

USB laser controller

What is a USB laser controller? A USB controller is a Digital Analog Converter (see the >>> definition of DAC <<<) that converts...

Polychromatic Acousto-Optic Modulator

A Polychromatic Acousto-Optic Modulator (PCAOM) was used for gas lasers in the laser show industry in order to control blanking and color fading...

Scanner

What is a scanner? A scanner is a device that scans and measures objects systematically to generate an overall image. Laser systems use scanners to...

Vector (or: Laser Vector)

A vector is a geometric object that has length and direction and describes a movement or shift in space. With lasers, vectors describe how the laser...

PPS

What does PPS stand for? PPS means Points Per Second and describes the speed of show laser scanning systems. That's how many laser points per...

Show Laser

What is a show laser? The term "Show laser" is used to describe laser light systems for entertainment purposes. Show laser systems are very...

Water Curtain

What is a Water Curtain? Water Curtain is another term for water screen. As laser graphics projections need any surface to become visible, water is...

Rainbow Laser

What is a Rainbow Laser? A rainbow laser is a show laser light system that is capable of multi colored beams that look like a rainbow. For that...

Show Laser Light

What is a show laser light? "Show Laser Light" is another term to describe laser light systems for entertainment purposes. Show laser light systems...

Water Screen

What is a Water Screen? Laser graphics projections need a surface to make visible the graphics, texts and effects the laser draws. Also water may...

Rear Projection Screen

What is a Rear Projection Screen? Laser effects, graphics, texts, etc. need projection surfaces to become visible, for example screens. Rear...

Show Lazer

What is a show lazer? The term "show lazer" describes laser light systems for entertainment purposes and is used synonymously for the more common...

Water Shield

What is a Water Shield? Water shield is another term for hydro shield. It is a projection surfaces made of water for making laser graphics and...

RGB Laser

What is an RGB Laser? RGB lasers are show laser systems with exactly three color modules: red, green and blue. It doesn't matter if the color...

Sky Laser

What is a sky laser? Sky lasers are show laser systems used outdoor to make a certain point visible and exposed from a long distance. The term "sky...

Watt

What means Watt? Watt is a physical unit to measure power. What has Watt to do with laser displays? The power of show laser lights is measured in...

Safety

Show Laser Safety Laser safety is an important issue while dealing with laser systems. Laser radiation can cause damage on eyes, skin and textiles....

Stage Laser

What is a stage laser? A stage laser is mainly, but not exclusively, used on a stage in order to make an event with a laser show appealing.The...

Wavelength

What is Wavelength? The physical term Wavelength determines the color of a laser source and is specified in the unit nm (nanometer). As you can see...

Safety Button

What is a Safety Button? A laser safety button serves to interrupt the current supply manually in case of emergency. Safety buttons are mainly used...

Timeline

Creative software applications (video, lighting, 3D rendering, showlaser, etc.) feature a timeline to organize and visualize sequences on a temporal...

Zone Based Beam Attenuation

What is Zone Based Beam Attenuation? As show laser systems can be harmful for human skin / eyes if they are not properly operated, laser show...

Safety Rope

What is a Safety Rope? A safety cable is a wire cable that secures objects like headlights, moving heads and show laser systems from dropping in...

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