Solid-State Lasers: A Graduate Text

Description

Solid-state lasers have seen a fast and steady development and are the ubiquitous tool both for research and industrial applications. The author's monograph Solid-State Lasers has become the most-used reference book in this area. The present graduate text on solid-state lasers takes advantage of this rich source by focusing on the needs at the graduate level and those who need an introduction. Numerous exercises with hints for solution, new text and updated material where needed make this text very accessible. Introduction Overview of the History, Performance Characteristics, and Applications of Solid-State Lasers....Pages 1-11 Energy Transfer Between Radiation and Atomic Transitions....Pages 12-43 Properties of Solid-State Laser Materials....Pages 44-77 Laser Oscillator....Pages 78-120 Laser Amplifier....Pages 121-148 Optical Resonator....Pages 149-186 Optical Pump Systems....Pages 187-244 Thermo-Optic Effects....Pages 245-278 Q-Switching....Pages 279-307 Mode-Locking....Pages 308-338 Nonlinear Devices....Pages 339-386