"incouple" meaning in English

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          "text": "In order to characterize the nonlinear switching light was incoupled in only one coupler arm.",
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          "text": "The atoms are incoupled via the reversed Raman scheme, emitting probe photons.",
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          "ref": "2013, Helen Bridle, Waterborne Pathogens: Detection Methods and Applications, page 202",
          "text": "Optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy utilizes the change in resonance angle of polarized light diffracted by a grating and incoupled into a thin waveguide layer upon binding.",
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        "To transfer incoming energy (usually light) to an electronic device."
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