Lasers and Coherent Light Sources
This chapter describes lasers and other sources of coherent light that operate in a wide wavelength range. First, the general principles for the generation of coherent continuous-wave and pulsed radiation are treated including the interaction of radiation
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Lasers and Co 11. Lasers and Coherent Light Sources
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Principles of Lasers ............................... 11.1.1 General Principles ....................... 11.1.2 Interaction of Radiation with Atoms................................. 11.1.3 Laser Resonators and Modes ......... 11.1.4 Laser Rate Equations and Continuous-Wave Operation .. 11.1.5 Pulsed Laser Behavior ..................
11.2 Solid-State Lasers ................................. 11.2.1 Basics ........................................ 11.2.2 UV and Visible Rare-Earth Ion Lasers ........................................ 11.2.3 Near-Infrared Rare Earth Lasers .... 11.2.4 Mid-Infrared Lasers ..................... 11.2.5 Transition-Metal-Ion Lasers ......... 11.2.6 Overview of the most Important Laser Ions in Solid-State Lasers .....
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11.3 Semiconductor Lasers............................ 11.3.1 Overview .................................... 11.3.2 Resonator Types and Modern Active Layer Materials: Quantum Effects and Strain .......... 11.3.3 Edge-Emitting Laser Diodes with Horizontal Resonators .......... 11.3.4 Basics of Surface-Emitting Lasers with Vertical Resonators (VCSELs) ... 11.3.5 Edge-Emitting Lasers and VCSELs with Low-Dimensional Active Regions...................................... 11.3.6 Lasers with External Resonators ....
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11.4 The CO2 Laser........................................ 726 11.4.1 Physical Principles....................... 726 11.4.2 Typical Technical Designs.............. 737 11.5 Ion Lasers ............................................ 11.5.1 Ion-Laser Physics ........................ 11.5.2 Plasma Tube Design..................... 11.5.3 Ion-Laser Resonators................... 11.5.4 Electronics.................................. 11.5.5 Ion-Laser Applications .................
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11.6 The HeNe Laser ..................................... 11.6.1 The Active Medium ...................... 11.6.2 Construction and Design Principles 11.6.3 Stabilization ............................... 11.6.4 Manufacturing ............................ 11.6.5 Applications ...............................
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11.7 Ultraviolet Lasers: Excimers, Fluorine (F2 ), Nitrogen (N2 ) ...... 764 11.7.1 The Unique Properties of Excimer Laser Radiation ........... 765 11.7.2 Technology of Current Excimer Lasers and the N2 Laser ......................... 765 11.7.3 Applications ............................... 770 11.7.4 Outlook: Radiation in the EUV ....... 775 11.8 Dye Lasers ............................................ 11.8.1 Overview .................................... 11.8.2 General Description ..................... 11.8.3 Flashlamp-Pumped Dye Lasers ..... 11.8.4 Tunable Dye Lasers Pumped by High-Power Short-Wavelength Lasers ........................................
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Part C 11
This chapter describes lasers and other sources of coherent light that operate in a wide wavelength range. First, the general principles for the
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