Contents
Preface............................................................................................................................................................................................. ix
Editors ............................................................................................................................................................................................. xi
Contributors...................................................................................................................................................................................xiii
Part A Principles
1. Laser Principle: Section Introduction................................................................................................................................... 3
Richard Shoemaker
2. Basic Laser Principles............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Christopher C. Davis
3. Interference and Polarization.............................................................................................................................................. 53
Alan Rogers
4. Introduction to Numerical Analysis for Laser Systems.................................................................................................... 79
George Lawrence
5. Optical Cavities: Free-Space Laser Resonators................................................................................................................101
Robert C. Eckardt
6. Optical Cavities: Waveguide Laser Resonators............................................................................................................... 125
Chris Hill
7. Nonlinear Optics................................................................................................................................................................. 139
Orad Reshef and Robert W. Boyd
8. Laser Beam Control............................................................................................................................................................ 157
Jacky Byatt
9. Optical Detection and Noise................................................................................................................................................175
Gerald Buller and Jason Smith
10. Laser Safety......................................................................................................................................................................... 193
J. Michael Green and Karl Schulmeister
Part B Laser design and properties
11. Optical Components: Section Introduction.......................................................................................................................211
Julian Jones
12. Optical Components........................................................................................................................................................... 213
Leo H. J. F. Beckmann
13. Optical Control Elements................................................................................................................................................... 225
Alan Greenaway
14. Adaptive Optics and Phase Conjugate Reflectors............................................................................................................ 233
Michael J. Damzen and Carl Paterson
15. Opto-mechanical Parts....................................................................................................................................................... 239
Frank Luecke
16. Optical Pulse Generation: Section Introduction.............................................................................................................. 245
Clive Ireland
17. Quasi-cw and Modulated Beams....................................................................................................................................... 247
K. Washio
18. Short Pulses......................................................................................................................................................................... 253
Andreas Ostendorf
19. Ultrashort Pulses................................................................................................................................................................. 265
Derryck T. Reid
20. Mode-locking Techniques and Principles......................................................................................................................... 295
Rüdiger Paschotta
21. Attosecond Metrology..........................................................................................................................................................313
Pierre Agostini, Andrew J. Piper, and Louis F. DiMauro
22. Chirped Pulse Amplification.............................................................................................................................................. 327
Donna Strickland
23. Optical Parametric Devices................................................................................................................................................ 337
M. Ebrahimzadeh
24. Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification (OPCPA).......................................................................................... 369
László Veisz
25. Laser Beam Delivery: Section Introduction..................................................................................................................... 389
Julian Jones
26. Basic Principles................................................................................................................................................................... 391
D. P. Hand
27. Free-space Optics................................................................................................................................................................ 397
Leo H. J. F. Beckmann
28. Optical Waveguide Theory................................................................................................................................................. 423
George Stewart
29. Fibre Optic Beam Delivery................................................................................................................................................. 441
D. P. Hand
30. Positioning and Scanning Systems.....................................................................................................................................451
Jürgen Koch
31. Laser Beam Measurement: Section Introduction............................................................................................................ 465
Julian Jones
32. Beam Propagation............................................................................................................................................................... 467
B. A. Ward
33. Laser Beam Management Detectors................................................................................................................................. 473
Alexander O. Goushcha and Bernd Tabbert
34. Laser Energy and Power Measurement............................................................................................................................ 485
Robert K. Tyson
35. Irradiance and Phase Distribution Measurement........................................................................................................... 489
B. Schäfer
36. The Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses................................................................................................................. 493
Rick Trebino, Rana Jafari, Peeter Piksarv, Pamela Bowlan, Heli Valtna-Lukner, Peeter Saari,
Zhe Guang, and Günter Steinmeyer
Index............................................................................................................................................................................................. 543
