Handbook of Laser Technology and Applications, Volume 2: Laser Design and Laser Systems

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This comprehensive handbook gives a fully updated guide to lasers and laser systems, including the complete range of their technical applications. The first volume outlines the fundamental components of lasers, their properties and working principles. The second volume gives exhaustive coverage of all major categories of lasers, from solid-state and semiconductor diode to fiber, waveguide, gas, chemical, and dye lasers. The third volume covers modern applications in engineering and technology, including all new and updated case studies spanning telecommunications and data storage to medicine, optical measurement, defense and security, nanomaterials processing and characterization. Contents Preface Editors Contributors 1. Solid-State Lasers: Section Introduction • R. C. Powell 2. Transition Metal Ion Lasers—Cr3+ • Georges Boulon 3. Transition Metal Ion Lasers Other Than Cr3+ • Stephen A. Payne 4. Rare-Earth Ion Lasers—Nd3+ • A. I. Zagumennyi, V. A. Mikhailov, and I. A. Shcherbakov 5. Rare-Earth Ions—Miscellaneous: Ce3+, U3+, Divalent, etc. • Gregory J. Quarles 6. Ti:sapphire: Material, Lasers and Amplifiers • Peter F. Moulton, Alan R. Fry, and Peter Fendel 7. Lanthanide Series Lasers—Near-Infrared • Norman P. Barnes 8. Lasers Based on Non-Linear Effects • Fabienne Pellé 9. Solid-State Raman Lasers • T. T. Basiev and R. C. Powell 10. Colour Centre Lasers • T. T. Basiev, P. G. Zverev, and S. B. Mirov 11. Laser Diodes: Section Introduction • Ian White 12. Basic Principles of Laser Diodes • Niloy K. Dutta 13. Spectral Control in Laser Diodes • Markus-Christian Amann 14. High-Speed Laser Diodes • Peter P. Vasil’ev 15. High-Power Laser Diodes and Laser Diode Arrays • Peter Unger 16. Visible Laser Diodes: Properties of III–V Red-Emitting Laser Diodes • Peter Blood 17. Visible Laser Diodes: Properties of Blue Laser Diodes • Robert Martin 18. Long-Wavelength Laser Diodes • S. Anders, G. Strasser, and E. Gornik 19. Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Amplifiers for Switching and Signal Processing • Hitoshi Kawaguchi 20. Silicon-Based Lasers • Qiang Li, Bei Shi, and Yu Han 21. Gas/Vapour Lasers: Section Introduction • Julian Jones 22. Atomic Gas Lasers: Helium–Neon Lasers • Alan D. White and Lisa Tsufura 23. Metal vapor Lasers: Helium–Cadmium Laser • William T. Silfvast 24. Copper and Gold Vapour Lasers • Colin Webb 25. Ion Lasers: Argon and Krypton Ion Lasers • Malcolm H. Dunn and Tony Gutierrez 26. Carbon Dioxide Lasers • Denis R. Hall 27. Excimer Lasers: F2, N2 and H2 Lasers • W. J. Witteman 28. High-Brightness Excimer Lasers and Extreme Conditions They Produce • Sándor Szatmári 29. Optically Pumped Mid-IR Lasers: NH3, C2H2 • Mary S. Tobin 30. Far-IR Lasers: HCN, H2O • Wilhelm Prettl 31. Diode-Pumped Alkali Lasers (DPALs) • Boris Zhdanov and Randall Knize 32. Chemical Lasers: Section Introduction • Julian Jones 33. Chemical Lasers: COIL • B. D. Barmashenko and S. Rosenwaks 34. Chemical Lasers: HF/DF • Lee H. Sentman 35. Fiber and Waveguide Lasers: Section Introduction • R. C. Powell 36. Fibre Lasers • Wei Shi, Shijie Fu, and Qiang Fang 37. High-Power Fibre Lasers • Christophe A. Codemard and M. N. Zervas 38. Raman Fibre Lasers • Igor Bufetov and Sergey Babin 39. Solitons and Dissipative Solitons for Ultrafast Lasers • Ph Grelu 40. Bismuth-Doped Fibre Lasers and Optical Amplifiers • Evgeny Dianov, Mikhail Melkumov, and Sergei Firstov 41. Erbium and Other Doped Fibre Amplifiers • Kevin Cordina 42. High-Power Planar Waveguide Lasers • J. I. Mackenzie and D. P. Shepherd 43. MEMS-Based Swept Laser Source • John O. Gerguis, Yasser M. Sabry, Haitham Omran, and Diaa Khalil 44. Dye Lasers: Section Introduction • Colin Webb 45. Liquid Lasers • David H. Titterton 46. Solid-State Dye Lasers • David H. Titterton 47. Other Lasers: Section Introduction • Colin Webb, Subhash Chandra Singh, and Chunlei Guo 48. Free-Electron Lasers and Synchrotron Light Sources • P. G. O’Shea and J. B. Murphy 49. X-Ray Lasers • Jorge J. Rocca 50. Terahertz Lasers • Taiichi Otsuji Index