Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of incouple
nounincoupling (usually uncountable, plural incouplings)
plural incouplings
- uncountableusuallyThe act of transferring incoming energy into an electronic device.
Depending on the process, the resist may be used at a film thickness either for maximum incoupling or for minimum incoupling.
1990, Microcircuit Engineering, page 1211 more example
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.
2004, Sebastian Bär, Crystalline Rare Earth Doped Sesquioxide PLD-films on α-Alumina, page 97
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