ContentsPreface............................................................................................................................................................................................. ixEditors.............................................................................................................................................................................................. xiContributors...................................................................................................................................................................................xiii1. Solid-State Lasers: Section Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 1R. C. Powell2. Transition Metal Ion Lasers—Cr3+....................................................................................................................................... 3Georges Boulon3. Transition Metal Ion Lasers Other Than Cr3+................................................................................................................... 25Stephen A. Payne4. Rare-Earth Ion Lasers—Nd3+............................................................................................................................................. 35A. I. Zagumennyi, V. A. Mikhailov, and I. A. Shcherbakov5. Rare-Earth Ions—Miscellaneous: Ce3+, U3+, Divalent, etc............................................................................................... 55Gregory J. Quarles6. Ti:sapphire: Material, Lasers and Amplifiers................................................................................................................... 69Peter F. Moulton, Alan R. Fry, and Peter Fendel7. Lanthanide Series Lasers—Near-Infrared........................................................................................................................ 83Norman P. Barnes8. Lasers Based on Non-Linear Effects..................................................................................................................................101Fabienne Pellé9. Solid-State Raman Lasers.................................................................................................................................................. 127T. T. Basiev and R. C. Powell10. Colour Centre Lasers...........................................................................................................................................................151T. T. Basiev, P. G. Zverev, and S. B. Mirov11. Laser Diodes: Section Introduction....................................................................................................................................167Ian White12. Basic Principles of Laser Diodes........................................................................................................................................ 169Niloy K. Dutta13. Spectral Control in Laser Diodes...................................................................................................................................... 195Markus-Christian Amann14. High-Speed Laser Diodes....................................................................................................................................................211Peter P. Vasil’ev15. High-Power Laser Diodes and Laser Diode Arrays........................................................................................................ 225Peter Unger16. Visible Laser Diodes: Properties of III–V Red-Emitting Laser Diodes........................................................................ 235Peter Blood17. Visible Laser Diodes: Properties of Blue Laser Diodes................................................................................................... 251Robert Martin18. Long-Wavelength Laser Diodes......................................................................................................................................... 263S. Anders, G. Strasser, and E. Gornik19. Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Amplifiers for Switching and Signal Processing................................................. 273Hitoshi Kawaguchi20. Silicon-Based Lasers........................................................................................................................................................... 287Qiang Li, Bei Shi, and Yu Han21. Gas/Vapour Lasers: Section Introduction........................................................................................................................ 299Julian Jones22. Atomic Gas Lasers: Helium–Neon Lasers........................................................................................................................ 301Alan D. White and Lisa Tsufura23. Helium–Cadmium Laser.................................................................................................................................................... 309William T. Silfvast24. Copper and Gold Vapour Lasers........................................................................................................................................315Colin Webb25. Ion Lasers: Argon and Krypton Ion Lasers..................................................................................................................... 325Malcolm H. Dunn and Tony Gutierrez26. Carbon Dioxide Lasers....................................................................................................................................................... 337Denis R. Hall27. Excimer Lasers: F2, N2 and H2 Lasers.............................................................................................................................. 365W. J. Witteman28. High-Brightness Excimer Lasers and Extreme Conditions They Produce................................................................... 403Sándor Szatmári29. Optically Pumped Mid-IR Lasers: NH3, C2H2..................................................................................................................419Mary S. Tobin30. Far-IR Lasers: HCN, H2O.................................................................................................................................................. 433Wilhelm Prettl31. Diode-Pumped Alkali Lasers (DPALs)............................................................................................................................. 441Boris Zhdanov and Randall Knize32. Chemical Lasers:Section Introduction............................................................................................................................. 449Julian Jones33. Chemical Lasers: COIL......................................................................................................................................................451B. D. Barmashenko and S. Rosenwaks34. Chemical Lasers: HF/DF.................................................................................................................................................... 467Lee H. Sentman35. Fiber and Waveguide Lasers: Section Introduction........................................................................................................ 475R. C. Powell36. Fibre Lasers......................................................................................................................................................................... 477Wei Shi, Shijie Fu, and Qiang Fang37. High-Power Fibre Lasers.................................................................................................................................................... 489Christophe A. Codemard and M. N. Zervas38. Raman Fibre Lasers........................................................................................................................................................... 501Igor Bufetov and Sergey Babin39. Solitons and Dissipative Solitons for Ultrafast Lasers.....................................................................................................521Ph Grelu40. Bismuth-Doped Fibre Lasers and Optical Amplifiers..................................................................................................... 535Evgeny Dianov41. Erbium and Other Doped Fibre Amplifiers..................................................................................................................... 557Kevin Cordina42. High-Power Planar Waveguide Lasers............................................................................................................................. 571J. I. Mackenzie and D. P. Shepherd43. MEMS-Based Swept Laser Source................................................................................................................................... 585John O. Gerguis, Yasser M. Sabry, Haitham Omran, and Diaa Khalil44. Dye Lasers: Section Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 599Colin Webb45. Liquid Lasers....................................................................................................................................................................... 601David H. Titterton46. Solid-State Dye Lasers........................................................................................................................................................ 623David H. Titterton47. Other Lasers: Section Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 637Colin Webb, Subhash C. Singh, and Chunlei Guo48. Free-Electron Lasers and Synchrotron Light Sources................................................................................................... 639P. G. O’Shea and J. B. Murphy49. X-Ray Lasers........................................................................................................................................................................ 653Jorge J. Rocca50. Terahertz Lasers................................................................................................................................................................. 671Taiichi OtsujiIndex............................................................................................................................................................................................. 685
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