Contents
Preface............................................................................................................................................................................................. ix
Editors.............................................................................................................................................................................................. xi
Contributors...................................................................................................................................................................................xiii
1. Solid-State Lasers: Section Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 1
R. C. Powell
2. Transition Metal Ion Lasers-Cr3+....................................................................................................................................... 3
Georges Boulon
3. Transition Metal Ion Lasers Other Than Cr3+................................................................................................................... 25
Stephen A. Payne
4. Rare-Earth Ion Lasers-Nd3+............................................................................................................................................. 35
A. I. Zagumennyi, V. A. Mikhailov, and I. A. Shcherbakov
5. Rare-Earth Ions-Miscellaneous: Ce3+, U3+, Divalent, etc............................................................................................... 55
Gregory J. Quarles
6. Ti:sapphire: Material, Lasers and Amplifiers................................................................................................................... 69
Peter F. Moulton, Alan R. Fry, and Peter Fendel
7. Lanthanide Series Lasers-Near-Infrared........................................................................................................................ 83
Norman P. Barnes
8. Lasers Based on Non-Linear Effects..................................................................................................................................101
Fabienne Pellé
9. Solid-State Raman Lasers.................................................................................................................................................. 127
T. T. Basiev and R. C. Powell
10. Colour Centre Lasers...........................................................................................................................................................151
T. T. Basiev, P. G. Zverev, and S. B. Mirov
11. Laser Diodes: Section Introduction....................................................................................................................................167
Ian White
12. Basic Principles of Laser Diodes........................................................................................................................................ 169
Niloy K. Dutta
13. Spectral Control in Laser Diodes...................................................................................................................................... 195
Markus-Christian Amann
14. High-Speed Laser Diodes....................................................................................................................................................211
Peter P. Vasil'ev
15. High-Power Laser Diodes and Laser Diode Arrays........................................................................................................ 225
Peter Unger
16. Visible Laser Diodes: Properties of III-V Red-Emitting Laser Diodes........................................................................ 235
Peter Blood
17. Visible Laser Diodes: Properties of Blue Laser Diodes................................................................................................... 251
Robert Martin
18. Long-Wavelength Laser Diodes......................................................................................................................................... 263
S. Anders, G. Strasser, and E. Gornik
19. Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Amplifiers for Switching and Signal Processing................................................. 273
Hitoshi Kawaguchi
20. Silicon-Based Lasers........................................................................................................................................................... 287
Qiang Li, Bei Shi, and Yu Han
21. Gas/Vapour Lasers: Section Introduction........................................................................................................................ 299
Julian Jones
22. Atomic Gas Lasers: Helium-Neon Lasers........................................................................................................................ 301
Alan D. White and Lisa Tsufura
23. Helium-Cadmium Laser.................................................................................................................................................... 309
William T. Silfvast
24. Copper and Gold Vapour Lasers........................................................................................................................................315
Colin Webb
25. Ion Lasers: Argon and Krypton Ion Lasers..................................................................................................................... 325
Malcolm H. Dunn and Tony Gutierrez
26. Carbon Dioxide Lasers....................................................................................................................................................... 337
Denis R. Hall
27. Excimer Lasers: F2, N2 and H2 Lasers.............................................................................................................................. 365
W. J. Witteman
28. High-Brightness Excimer Lasers and Extreme Conditions They Produce................................................................... 403
Sándor Szatmári
29. Optically Pumped Mid-IR Lasers: NH3, C2H2..................................................................................................................419
Mary S. Tobin
30. Far-IR Lasers: HCN, H2O.................................................................................................................................................. 433
Wilhelm Prettl
31. Diode-Pumped Alkali Lasers (DPALs)............................................................................................................................. 441
Boris Zhdanov and Randall Knize
32. Chemical Lasers:Section Introduction............................................................................................................................. 449
Julian Jones
33. Chemical Lasers: COIL......................................................................................................................................................451
B. D. Barmashenko and S. Rosenwaks
34. Chemical Lasers: HF/DF.................................................................................................................................................... 467
Lee H. Sentman
35. Fiber and Waveguide Lasers: Section Introduction........................................................................................................ 475
R. C. Powell
36. Fibre Lasers......................................................................................................................................................................... 477
Wei Shi, Shijie Fu, and Qiang Fang
37. High-Power Fibre Lasers.................................................................................................................................................... 489
Christophe A. Codemard and M. N. Zervas
38. Raman Fibre Lasers........................................................................................................................................................... 501
Igor Bufetov and Sergey Babin
39. Solitons and Dissipative Solitons for Ultrafast Lasers.....................................................................................................521
Ph Grelu
40. Bismuth-Doped Fibre Lasers and Optical Amplifiers..................................................................................................... 535
Evgeny Dianov
41. Erbium and Other Doped Fibre Amplifiers..................................................................................................................... 557
Kevin Cordina
42. High-Power Planar Waveguide Lasers............................................................................................................................. 571
J. I. Mackenzie and D. P. Shepherd
43. MEMS-Based Swept Laser Source................................................................................................................................... 585
John O. Gerguis, Yasser M. Sabry, Haitham Omran, and Diaa Khalil
44. Dye Lasers: Section Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 599
Colin Webb
45. Liquid Lasers....................................................................................................................................................................... 601
David H. Titterton
46. Solid-State Dye Lasers........................................................................................................................................................ 623
David H. Titterton
47. Other Lasers: Section Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 637
Colin Webb, Subhash C. Singh, and Chunlei Guo
48. Free-Electron Lasers and Synchrotron Light Sources................................................................................................... 639
P. G. O'Shea and J. B. Murphy
49. X-Ray Lasers........................................................................................................................................................................ 653
Jorge J. Rocca
50. Terahertz Lasers................................................................................................................................................................. 671
Taiichi Otsuji
Index............................................................................................................................................................................................. 685
