Field guide to lasers

by Paschotta, Rüdiger

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Title Statements

Full title :Field guide to lasers / Rüdiger Paschotta.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:cop. 2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SPIE Press
Place of Publication:Bellingham
Language:eng
Publication Date:cop. 2008.

The Physical Object

Description:XII, 139 str. : : ilustr. ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780819469618, 0819469610
oclc:ocn781068820
Dewey Decimal:621.36/6

Glossary of symbols -- Basic principles of lasers -- Principle of a laser -- Spontaneous and stimulated emission -- Optical pumping : three- and four-level systems -- Cross sections and level lifetimes -- Transition bandwidths -- Calculating laser gain -- Gain saturation -- Homogeneous vs. inhomogeneous saturation -- Spatial hole burning -- Threshold and slope efficiency -- Power efficiency -- Amplified spontaneous emission -- Characteristics of laser light -- Laser beams -- Temporal coherence of laser radiation -- Spatial coherence -- Gaussian beams -- Laser beam quality -- Brightness or radiance of laser beams -- Optical resonators -- Basic structure of an optical resonator -- Resonator modes -- Resonance frequencies -- Bandwidth and finesse of a resonator -- Stability zones of a resonator -- Unstable resonators -- Resonator design -- Waveguides -- Principle of waveguiding -- Waveguide modes -- Optical fibers -- Planar and channel waveguides -- Semiconductor lasers -- Light amplification in semiconductors -- Low-power edge-emitting laser diodes -- External-cavity diode lasers -- Broad-area laser diodes -- Diode bars -- Diode stacks -- Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers -- V…