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Handbook of solid-state lasers: Materials, systems and applicationsEdited by B Denker, A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russia and E Shklovsky, Optech Incorporated, Canada
Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials No. 35
I hope that this book will be widely used and will stimulate new, groundbreaking ideas both in laser development and applications.
Professor Norbert Kroo, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (from the Foreword)
- reviews the materials used in solid-state lasers
- explores the principles of solid-state laser systems and their applications
- considers defence and environmental applications
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.
ISBN 0 85709 272 3
ISBN-13: 978 0 85709 272 4
February 2013
688 pages 234 x 156mm hardback
£190.00 / US$325.00 / €230.00
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About the editors
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.
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Contents
PART 1 SOLID-STATE LASER MATERIALS
PART 2 SOLID-STATE LASER SYSTEMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
PART 1 SOLID-STATE LASER MATERIALS
Oxide laser crystals doped with rare earth and transition metal ions
K Petermann, University of Hamburg, Germany
- Introduction
- Laser active ions
- Host lattices
- Laser medium geometry
- Rare earth-doped sesquioxides
- Mode-locked sesquioxide lasers
- Future trends
- References
Fluoride laser crystals
R Moncorgé, A Braud, P Camy and J L Doualan, University of Caen, France
- Introduction
- Crystal growth, structural, optical and thermo-mechanical properties of the most important fluoride crystals
- Pr+ doped crystals for RGB video-projection and quantum information experiments
- Yb+ doped fluorides for ultra-short and high power laser chains
- Undoped crystals for nonlinear optics and ultra-short pulse lasers
- References
Oxide laser ceramics
V B Kravchenko and Y L Kopylov, V A Kotel’nikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, Russia
- Introduction
- Ceramics preparation
- Physical properties of oxide laser ceramics
- Solid-state lasers using oxide ceramics elements
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
Fluoride laser ceramics
P Fedorov, А М Prokhorov General Physics Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- Introduction
- Fluoride powders: chemistry problems and relevant technology processes
- Fluoride ceramics as optical medium
- Development of the fluoride laser ceramics synthesis protocol
- Microstructure, spectral luminescence and lasing properties CaF2:Yb3+ system
- Prospective compositions for fluoride laser ceramics
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
Neodymium, Erbium and Ytterbium laser glasses
V I Arbuzov, Research and Technological Institute of Optical Material Science, Russia and N V Nikonorov, Saint-Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Russia
- Introduction
- The history of laser glasses
- Commercial laser glasses
- Modern neodymium and erbium laser glasses
- Ytterbium glasses
- Future trends in glass-based laser materials
- References
Nonlinear crystals for solid-state lasers
V Pasiskevicius, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Introduction
- Second-order frequency conversion
- Nonlinear crystal development
- Nonlinear crystals: current status and future trends
- Sources of further information and advice
- References
PART 2 SOLID-STATE LASER SYSTEMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
Principles of solid-state lasers
N N Il’ichev, А М Prokhorov General Physics Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- Introduction
- Amplification of radiation
- Optical amplifiers
- Laser resonators
- Model of laser operation
- Conclusion
- References
Powering solid-state lasers
C R Hardy, Kigre, Inc, USA
- Introduction
- Safety
- Flash-lamp pumping
- Laser diode pumping
- Control features
- Conclusion
- References
Operation regimes for solid-state lasers
R Paschotta, RP Photonics Consulting GmbH, Germany
- Introduction
- Continuous-wave operation
- Pulsed pumping of solid-state lasers
- Q-switching
- Mode locking
- Chirped-pulse amplification
- Regenerative amplification
- References
Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) and neodymium-doped yttrium orthvanadate (Nd:YVO4)
A Agnesi and F Pirzio, University of Pavia, Italy
- Introduction
- Oscillators for neodymium lasers
- Power/energy limitations and oscillators scaling concepts
- Power scaling with master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) architectures
- Future trends
- Sources of further information and advice
- References
System sizing issues with diode-pumped quasi-three level materials
A Jolly, Centre d’Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques d’Aquitaine, France
- Introduction
- Ytterbium-doped materials and bulk operating-conditions
- Overview of Yb-based systems’ pump-architectures and modes-of-operation
- YAG-KGW-KYW-based laser systems for nanosecond and sub-picosecond pulse generation
- Conclusion and future trends
- References
Neodymium doped lithium yttrium fluoride (Nd:YLiF4) lasers
N U Wetter, Centro de Lasers e Aplicações – IPEN/SP-CNEN, Brazil
- Introduction
- Pumping methods of Nd:YLF lasers
- Alternative laser transitions
- Future trends
- References
Erbium (Er) glass lasers
B I Denker, B I Galagan and S E Sverchkov, А М Prokhorov General Physics Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- Introduction
- Flashlamp pumped erbium glass lasers
- LD pumped Er glass lasers
- Q-switch means for Er glass lasers
- Applications of Er glass lasers
- Crystal lasers emitting at about 1.5 microns: advantages and drawbacks
- References
Microchip lasers
J J Zayhowski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Introduction
- Microchip lasers, a broadly applicable concept
- Transverse mode definition
- Spectral properties
- Polarization control
- Pulsed operation
- Nonlinear frequency conversion
- Microchip amplifiers
- Future trends
- Sources of further information and advice
- References
Fiber lasers
B Samson, Nufern, USA and L Dong, Clemson University, USA
- Introduction and history
- Principle of fiber lasers
- High power continuous wave (CW) fiber lasers
- Pulsed fiber lasers
- Ultrafast fiber lasers
- CW and pulsed fiber lasers at alternative wavelengths
- Emerging fiber technologies for fiber lasers
- Conclusion and future trends
- References
Laser mid-infrared system with nonlinear optical conversion
M Henriksson, FOI, the Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden
- Introduction
- Nonlinear optics and optical parametric devices
- Nonlinear optical materials for the infrared region
- Tuneable single frequency optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) for spectroscopy
- High power and high energy nanosecond pulselength systems
- Ultrashort pulse systems
- Sources of further information and advice
- Future trends
- References
Raman lasers
H Pask and Jim Piper, Macquarie University, Australia
- Introduction
- Raman lasers
- Solid-state Raman materials
- Raman generators, amplifiers and lasers
- Crystalline Raman lasers: performance review
- Wavelength-versatile Raman lasers
- Conclusion and future trends
- References
Cryogenic lasers
D Rand, J Hybl, and T Y Fan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Introduction
- History of cryogenically-cooled lasers
- Laser material properties at cryogenic temperatures
- Recent cryogenic laser achievements
- Conclusion and future trends
- Acknowledgments
- References
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
C Pasquini, Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP, Brazil
- Introduction to laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
- Types of LIBS systems and applications
- Solid-state lasers for LIBS
- Future trends
- References
Surgical solid-state lasers and their clinical applications
D G Kochiev, А М Prokhorov General Physics Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, A V Lukashev, Stemedica Cell Technologies, USA, I A Shcherbakov, А М Prokhorov General Physics Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia and S K Vartapetov, А М Prokhorov General Physics Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- Introduction
- Laser-tissue interaction
- Clinical applications of solid-state lasers
- Current and future trends in laser surgery
- References
Solid-state lasers (SSL) in defence programs
Y Kalisky, Nuclear Research Center, Israel
- Introduction
- Background
- Properties of laser weapons
- Gas lasers
- Solid-state lasers
- Alternative lasers
- Conclusions and future trends
- References
Environmental applications of solid-state lasers
A Czitrovszky, Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungary
- Introduction
- Classification of atmospheric contaminants
- Light scattering as a powerful method for the measurement of atmospheric contamination by aerosols
- Instrumentation based on laser light scattering and absorption for the measurement of aerosols
- Gas monitors based on optical measurement methods using lasers
- Remote sensing using lasers and ground-based and airborne light detection and ranging (LIDAR)
- Conclusion
- References