Solid-State Laser EngineeringThis book is written from an industrial perspective and provides a detailed discussion of solid-state lasers, their characteristics, design and construction. Emphasis is placed on engineering and practical considerations. The book is aimed mainly at the practicing scientist or engineer who is interested in the design or use of solid-state lasers, but the comprehensive treatment of the subject will make the work useful also to students of laser physics who seek to supplement their theoretical knowledge with engineering information. In order to present the subject as clearly as possible, phenomenological descriptions using models have been used rather than abstract mathematical descriptions. This results in a simplified presentation. The descriptions are enhanced by the inclusion of numerical and technical data, tables and graphs. This new edition has been updated and revised to take account of important new developments, concepts, and technologies that have emerged since the publication of the first and second editions. |
Contents
| 1 | |
| 13 | |
Properties of SolidState Laser Materials | 28 |
Laser Oscillator | 79 |
28 | 86 |
48 | 96 |
54 | 130 |
Laser Amplifier | 144 |
220 | 203 |
Optical Pump Systems | 275 |
Heat Removal | 381 |
QSwitching | 435 |
Mode Locking | 482 |
3 | 501 |
Nonlinear Devices | 508 |
of Modern Optical Parametric Oscillators | 553 |
57 | 164 |
63 | 174 |
66 | 182 |
Optical Resonator | 189 |
Damage of Optical Elements | 570 |
Appendix A | 590 |
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absorbed absorption achieved alexandrite amplifier angle aperture arc lamps atoms axis beam beam divergence birefringence configuration coolant cooling crystal curve cw-pumped damage threshold diameter diode array equation etalon flashlamp fluorescence frequency function gain coefficient gain medium Gaussian Gaussian beam heat IEEE input energy input power intensity lamp input laser diode laser level laser material laser oscillator laser output laser rod laser system length linewidth losses maximum medium mirror mode-locked modulator Nd:YAG laser nonlinear obtained operation optical output energy output power parameters peak phase photon Pockels cell polarized population inversion power density pulse width pump cavity pump pulse pump radiation pump source Q-switched R₁ radius reflectivity reflector refractive index relaxation oscillations repetition rate saturation shown in Fig signal slab slope efficiency solid-state lasers spectral spontaneous emission stimulated emission stored energy surface temperature thermal transition transverse modes typical voltage wave wavelength