Solid-State Laser Engineering

Solid-State Laser Engineering

Author: Walter Koechner

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-11-06

Total Pages: 765

ISBN-13: 0387293388

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Written from an industrial perspective this book discusses in detail the characteristics, design, construction, and performance of solid-state lasers. Emphasis is placed on engineering and practical considerations; phenomenological aspects using models are preferred to abstract mathematical derivations. Since its first edition almost 30 years ago this book has become the standard in the field of solid-state lasers for scientists, engineers and graduate students. This edition has been extensively revised and updated to account for recent developments in the areas of diode-laser pumping, laser materials and nonlinear crystals, and entire new sections have been added.


Advanced Solid State Lasers

Advanced Solid State Lasers

Author: Walter R. Bosenberg

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13:

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The Advanced Solid State Lasers topical meeting provided a forum for leading edge results in the field. Advances in solid state lasers, laser materials, nonlinear optical materials, and high power diode lasers are creating new opportunities in medicine, spectroscopy, remote sensing, material processing, and communications. New wavelengths, broader tuning ranges, and higher efficiency and higher powered laser sources are serving an increasingly broad range of applications.


The Physics and Engineering of Solid State Lasers

The Physics and Engineering of Solid State Lasers

Author: Yehoshua Y. Kalisky

Publisher: SPIE Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780819460943

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Explains the mutual influences between the physical and dynamic processes in solids and their lasing properties. This book provides insight into the physics and engineering of solid state lasers by integrating information from several disciplines, including solid state physics, materials science, photophysics, and dynamic processes in solids.


Solid State Lasers

Solid State Lasers

Author: Massimo Inguscio

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1461529980

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This volume contains the lectures and seminars presented at the NATO Ad vanced Study Institute on "Solid State Lasers: New Developments and Appli cations" the fifteenth course of the Europhysics School of Quantum Electronics, held under the supervision of the Quantum Electronics Division of the European Physical Society. The Institute was held at Elba International Physics Center, Marciana Marina, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy, August 31 -September 11, 1992. The Europhysics School of Quantum Electronics was started in 1970 with the aim of providing instruction for young researchers and advanced students al ready engaged in the area of quantum electronics or wishing to switch to this area from a different background. Presently the school is under the direction of Professors F.T. Arecchi and M. Inguscio, University of Florence, and Prof. H. Walther, University of Munich, and has its headquarters at the National Insti tute of Optics (INO), Florence, Italy. Each time the directors choose a subject of particular interest, alternating fundamental topics with technological ones, and ask colleagues specifically competent in a given area to take the scientific responsibility for that course.


Physics of Solid-State Laser Materials

Physics of Solid-State Laser Materials

Author: Richard C. Powell

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1998-03-27

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9781563966583

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This graduate-level text presents the fundamental physics of solid-state lasers, including the basis of laser action and the optical and electronic properties of laser materials. After an overview of the topic, the first part begins with a review of quantum mechanics and solid-state physics, spectroscopy, and crystal field theory; it then treats the quantum theory of radiation, the emission and absorption of radiation, and nonlinear optics; concluding with discussions of lattice vibrations and ion-ion interactions, and their effects on optical properties and laser action. The second part treats specific solid-state laser materials, the prototypical ruby and Nd-YAG systems being treated in greatest detail; and the book concludes with a discussion of novel and non-standard materials. Some knowledge of quantum mechanics and solid-state physics is assumed, but the discussion is as self-contained as possible, making this an excellent reference, as well as useful for independent study.