The laser guidebook
The laser is rapidly finding more and varied applications in science, engineering, industry, medicine, and entertainment. This book is written to help end-users quickly and easily choose the laser best suited to their needs. It is designed for ease of use and to explain the operation and characteris...
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New York, NY
McGraw-Hill
1992
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Brief history of the laser
- Laser theory and principles
- Enhancements to laser operation
- External optics and their functions
- Variations on the laser theme : a classification of major types
- Helium-neon lasers
- Noble gas ion lasers
- Helium-cadmium lasers
- Carbon dioxide lasers
- Chemical lasers
- Copper and gold vapor lasers
- Excimer lasers
- Nitrogen lasers
- Far-infrared gas lasers
- Other commercial gas lasers
- Dye lasers
- Semiconductor diode lasers--structures
- Short-wavelength semiconductor diode lasers
- Long-wavelength III-V semiconductor diode lasers
- Lead salt semiconductor diode lasers
- Neodymium lasers
- Ruby lasers
- Tunable vibronic solid-state lasers
- Color-center lasers
- Fiber lasers and amplifiers
- Other solid-state lasers
- Free-electron lasers
- X-ray lasers.