Advances in Lasers and Applications

by D.M. Finlayson, B Sinclair

Overview

Advances in Lasers and Applications opens with tutorial reviews of the underpinning science of diode pumped lasers, optical parametric oscillators, and ultrafast pulse generation. The book proceeds to the more specialized areas of waveguide lasers, ultrafast parametric amplification, visible solid-state lasers, materials, and diode pumps. The final sections present the applications of these sources to medicine, remote sensing and ranging, materials processing, and the widening set of applications for ultrashort pulses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000447972
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/28/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	346
File size:	38 MB
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About the Author

D.M. Finlayson (University of St. Andrews, Scotland) (Author) ,  B Sinclair (University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK)

Table of Contents

LASER SOURCES. A review of diode-pumped lasers (D Hanna/W A Clarkson). Visible cw solid-state lasers (G Huber) Fibre and waveguide lasers (A Tropper). Optical parametric oscillators (OPO) (M H Dunn/M Ebrahimzadeh). Physics of ultrashort pulse generation (U Keller).
MATERIALS. Materials for lasers and nonlinear optics (W F Krupke). Periodically poled materials for nonlinear optics (L E Myers).
APPLICATIONS. Medical lasers: fundamentals and applications (R M Verdaasdonk). Solid state lasers and nonlinear optics for LIDAR (P F Moulton). Challenges for new laser sources in the interferometric gravitational wave detectors (S Rowan/J Hough). Lasers in Material processing (P Loosen). Applications of ultrashort pulse lasers (W Sibbett/W H Knox).

Editorial Reviews

The 13 lectures from the September 1998 school provide an account of recent developments in laser science and technology suitable for graduate students. The book starts with tutorial reviews of the underpinning science of diode pumped lasers, optical parametric oscillators, ultrashort pulse generation, waveguide lasers, and new visible solid-state lasers. Other chapters describe applications in medicine, remote sensing, rangefinding and target marking, material processing, and gravitational wave detection. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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