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Summary
Summary
Solid-state lasers which offer multiple desirable qualities, including enhanced reliability, robustness, efficiency and wavelength diversity, are absolutely indispensable for many applications. The Handbook of solid-state lasers reviews the key materials, processes and applications of solid-state lasers across a wide range of fields.Part one begins by reviewing solid-state laser materials. Fluoride laser crystals, oxide laser ceramics, crystals and fluoride laser ceramics doped by rare earth and transition metal ions are discussed alongside neodymium, erbium and ytterbium laser glasses, and nonlinear crystals for solid-state lasers. Part two then goes on to explore solid-state laser systems and their applications, beginning with a discussion of the principles, powering and operation regimes for solid-state lasers. The use of neodymium-doped materials is considered, followed by system sizing issues with diode-pumped quasi-three level materials, erbium glass lasers, and microchip, fiber, Raman and cryogenic lasers. Laser mid-infrared systems, laser induced breakdown spectroscope and the clinical applications of surgical solid-state lasers are also explored. The use of solid-state lasers in defense programs is then reviewed, before the book concludes by presenting some environmental applications of solid-state lasers.With its distinguished editors and international team of expert contributors, the Handbook of solid-state lasers is an authoritative guide for all those involved in the design and application of this technology, including laser and materials scientists and engineers, medical and military professionals, environmental researchers, and academics working in this field.
Author Notes
Boris Denker is head of the Laboratory of Concentrated Laser Materials at the A.M.Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia.
Eugene Shklovsky is Senior Laser Scientist at Optech Inc, Toronto, Canada.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Solid-state laser materials: Oxide laser crystals doped by rare earth and transition elements ions |
Fluoride laser crystals |
Oxide laser ceramics |
Fluoride ceramics doped by rare earth ions |
Neodymium and Erbium laser glasses |
Non-linear crystals for solid-state lasers |
Part 2 Solid-state laser systems: Solid-state lasers principles |
Powering solid-state lasers |
Operation regimes of solid-state lasers |
Nd: YAG and Nd: YVO4 lasers |
System sizing issues with diode-pumped quasi-three level materials |
Nd: YLF lasers |
Er:glass lasers |
Microchip lasers |
Fiber lasers |
Laser mid-infrared system with nonlinear-optical conversion |
Raman lasers |
Cryogenic lasers |
Part 3 Solid-state laser applications: Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy |
Medical applications of solid-state lasers |
Environmental applications of solid-state lasers |
Military and counter-terrorism applications of solid-state lasers |
High-energy Nd:glass laser systems for research on inertial confinement fusion (ICF) |