Handbook of Laser Technology and Applications (Three- Volume Set)

2779 Pages·2003·590.866 MB·\2779

by  Colin Webb (Editor), Julian D. C. Jones (Editor)

Handbook of Laser Technology and Applications
Volume I: Principles

Handbook of Laser Technology and Applications
Volume I: Principles
Edited by
Colin E Webb
University of Oxford
and
Julian D C Jones
Heriot-Watt University
First published 2004 by IOP Publishing Ltd
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ISBN 13: 978-0-7503-0960-8 (hbk)(Vol I)
ISBN 13: 978-0-7503-0963-9 (hbk)(Vol 11)
ISBN 13: 978-0-7503-0966-0 (hbk)(Vol III)
ISBN 13: 978-0-7503-0966-0 (hbk)(3 Vol set)
Contents v
Contents
Editorial and Advisory Board xii
List of contributors xiii
Foreword xxiii
Charles Townes
Introduction
XXV
Colin Webb
VOLUME I: PRINCIPLES
PART A PRINCIPLES 1
A Principles 3
Richard Shoemaker
A1 Basic laser principles 5
Christopher C Davis
A2. 1 Free-space laser resonators 81
Robert C Eckardt
A2. 2 Waveguide laser resonators 115
Chris Hill
A3 Laser beam control 135
Jacky Byatt
A4 Nonlinear optics 161
Robert W Boyd
A5 Interference and polarization 185
Alan Rogers
A6 Optical waveguide theory 223
G Stewart
A7 Optical detection and noise 251
Gerald Buller and Jason Smith
A8 Introduction to numerical analysis for laser systems 281
George Lawrence
VOLUME II: LASER DESIGN AND LASER SYSTEMS
PARTB LASER DESIGN, FABRICATION AND PROPERTIES 303
B1 Solid state lasers 305
R C Powell
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Bl. l Transition metal ion lasers—Cr3+ 307
Georges Boulon
B1. 2 Transition metal ion lasers other than Cr3+ 339
Stephen A Payne
B1. 3 Rare earth ion lasers—Nd3+ 353
A I Zagumennyi, V A Mikhailov and IA Shcherbakov
B1. 4 Lanthanide series lasers—near infrared 383
Norman P Barnes
B1. 5 Rare-earth ions—miscellaneous: Ce3+, U3+, divalent, etc 411
Gregory J Quarles
B1. 6 Lasers based on nonlinear effects 431
Fabienne Pelle
B1. 7 Solid state Raman lasers 469
Tasoltan T Basiev and Richard C Powell
B1. 8 Colour centre lasers 499
T T Basiev; P G Zverev and S B Mirov
B2 Laser diodes 523
Ian White
B2. 1 Basic principles of laser diodes 525
N K Dutta
B2. 2 Spectral control in laser diodes 561
Markus-Christian Amann
B2. 3 High-speed laser diodes 585
Peter P Vasilfev
B2. 4 High-power laser diodes and laser diode arrays 605
Peter Unger
B2. 5. 1 Visible laser diodes: properties of III-V red-emitting laser diodes 619
Peter Blood
B2. 5. 2 Visible laser diodes: properties of blue laser diodes 641
Robert Martin
B2. 6 Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers 659
B M A Rahman and KTV Grattan
B2. 7 Long wavelength laser diodes 691
S Anders, G Strasser and E Gomik
B2. 8 Semiconductor lasers and optical amplifiers for switching
and signal processing 707
Hitoshi Kawaguchi
B3 Gas lasers 749
Julian Jones
B3. 1 Carbon dioxide lasers 751
Denis R Hall
B3. 2 Excimer, F2, N2 and H2 lasers 791
W J Witteman
B3. 3 Copper and gold vapour lasers 847
Colin Webb
B3. 4. 1 Chemical lasers: COIL 861
B D Barmashenko and S Rosenwaks
Contents vii
B3. 4. 2 Chemical lasers: HF/DF 881
Lee H Sentman
B3. 5 Argon and krypton ion lasers 893
Malcolm H Dunn and Tony Gutierrez
B3. 6 Helium-neon lasers 909
Alan D White and Lisa Tsufura
B3. 7 Helium-cadmium laser 921
William T Siljvast
B3. 8 Optically pumped mid IR lasers: NH3, C2H2 929
Mary S Tobin
B3. 9 Far-IR lasers: HCN, H20 951
Wilhelm Prettl
B4 Fibre and waveguide lasers 961
R C Powell
B4. 1 Fibre lasers 963
David Hanna
B4. 2 High power fiber lasers 977
Andreas Tiinnermann and Holger Zellmer
B4. 3 Cascaded Raman fibre lasers 989
Clifford Headley
B4. 4 Soliton lasers 1007
JR Taylor
B4. 5 Erbium and other doped fibre amplifiers 1025
Kevin Cordina
B4. 6 High-power waveguide lasers 1045
D P Shepherd
B5 Other lasers 1063
Colin Webb
B5. 1 Free electron lasers and synchrotron light sources 1065
P G 0 ’Shea and J B Murphy
B5. 2 X-ray lasers 1087
Jorge J Rocca
B5. 3 Liquid lasers 1115
David H Titterton
B5.4 Solid-state dye lasers 1143
David H Titterton
PART C LASER SYSTEM DESIGN 1163
Cl Optical components 1165
Julian Jones
Cl. l Optical components 1167
Leo H J F Beckmann
Cl. 2 Optical control elements 1183
Alan Greenaway
C1. 3 Adaptive optics and phase conjugate reflectors 1193
Michael J Damzen and Carl Paterson
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C1. 4 Opto-mechanical parts 1203
Frank Luecke
Cl. 5. 1 Power conditioning: supplies for driving semiconductor laser diodes 1211
Ralph Savioli
Cl. 5. 2 Power conditioning: supplies for driving gas discharges
(gas and solid state lasers) 1217
I Smilanski
Cl. 5. 3 Power conditioning: supplies for driving flash tubes and arclamps
for solid state lasers 1237
Mark Greenwood and D W Miller
C2 Optical pulse generation 1247
Clive Ireland
C2. 1 Quasi-cw and modulated beams 1249
K Washio
C2. 2 Short pulses 1257
Andreas Ostendorf
C2. 3 Ultrashort pulses 1273
Derryck T Reid
C3 Frequency conversion and filtering 1313
Terence A King
C3. 1 Harmonic generation—materials and methods 1315
David J Binks
C3. 2 Optical parametric devices 1347
M Ebrahimzadeh
C3. 3 Laser stabilization for precision measurements 1393
G P Barwood and P Gill
C4 Beam delivery 1415
Julian Jones
C4. 1 Basic principles 1417
D P Hand
C4. 2 Free-space optics 1425
Leo H J F Beckmann
C4. 3 Fibre optic beam delivery 1461
D P Hand
C4. 4 Positioning and scanning systems 1475
Jurgen Koch
C5 Laser beam measurement 1499
Julian Jones
C5. 1 Beam propagation 1501
BA Ward
C5. 2 Detectors 1509
Kenny Weir
C5. 3 Laser energy and power measurement 1523
Robert K Tyson
C5. 4 Irradiance and phase distribution measurement 1527
B Schafer
C6 Laser safety 1535
Colin Webb