Under degenerate resonator configuration and tightly focused pump beam in a linearcavity solidstate laser, the spatial holeburning effect can be suppressed. No more than 10% of the flash lamps optical energy can be absorbed by the singlet ground state of current laser dyes. A solidstate laser is a laser that uses a gain medium that is a solid, rather than a liquid as in. Walter koechner solidstate laser engineering fourth extensively revised and updated edition with 449 figures springer. This book has once again been updated to keep pace with recent developments and to maintain koechner s position as the bible of the field. Major innovations are presented with emphasis focused on the laser efficiency. The response from readers has shown that the comprehensive treatment of the subject makes the work useful also to students of laser physics who want to supplement their theoretical.
Solidstate laser engineering walter koechner download. Great disadvantage of solid state lasers is the divergence, which is not constant and ranges 1 milli radian to 20 milli radian. The development of solid state ultrafast lasers has increased the understanding of the physics and engineering of solid state lasers and related optical materials, where the management of. Successful incorporation into military electrooptics systems requires laser sources that are compact, reliable, versatile, and inexpensive.
Power scaling architectures for solidstate and fiber. Efficiency of solid state laser is very low as compared to co2 lasers. Output power is also not very high as in co2 lasers. Solidstate laser engineering is written from an industrial perspective and discusses in detail the characteristics, design, construction and practical problems of solidstate lasers. Isbn 9789535100867, pdf isbn 9789535149552, published 20120217. Solid state laser engineering is mainly intended for the practicing scientist or engineer who is interested in the design or use of solid state lasers. In this college text the material has been streamlined by deleting cer. Power scaling concept for solidstate lasers based on a rotating cavity configuration power scaling concept for solidstate lasers based on a rotating cavity configuration a laser architecture for scaling output power and avoiding deleterious thermal effects based on a resonator with a rotating periscope is described. The physics and engineering of solid state lasers 2006. Nonlinearity, including the nonlinear conversion, up frequency. Systems with arrays of vcsels can realize multi kilowatt output power.
Continuous solidstate laser operation revealed by btl pdf. Solidstate lasers a graduate text walter koechner springer. Interferogram analysis for optical testing, second edition. Solid state laser for historical reasons, solidstate lasers are lasers in which active ions in crystal or glass host materials are optically pumped to create a population inversion other types of lasers that employ solidstate gain media are semiconductor lasers and optical fiber lasers and amplifiers. Solidstate laser engineering is mainly intended for the practicing scientist or engineer who is interested in the design or use of solidstate lasers. It provides insight into the physics and engineering of solid state lasers by integrating information from several disciplines, including solid state physics, materials science, photophysics, and dynamic processes in solids. Solidstate lasers which offer multiple desirable qualities, including enhanced reliability, robustness, efficiency and wavelength diversity, are absolutely indispensable for many applications. Emphasis is placed on engineering and practical considerations. Optics and lasers in engineering aims at providing an international forum for the interchange of information on the development of optical techniques and laser technology in engineering. Type i noncritical phasematching lbo and type ii phasematching lbo were used for frequency doubling and sumfrequency.
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Nonlinearity, including the nonlinear conversion, up frequency conversion and chirped pulse oscillators are discussed. It could be shown by xray diffractograms xrd of the two type of products, that by mechanical alloying a similar phase transformation occurs due to solid state reactions between the metal partners as in the case of laser sintering, in a given range of laser scanning speed in a laboratory laser equipment. Four chapters deal with the basic subsystems of solid state lasers. Some new rareearthdoped lasers, including double borate and halide crystals, and feedback in quantum dot semiconductor. The authors monograph solid state lasers has become the mostused reference book in this area. With contributions from leading international experts, the book explores the latest research results and applications of solid state lasers as well as various laser systems. In one example of this laser, ytterbiumdoped optical fibre is endpumped with a diode laser, however, several different designs and fibre cladding technologies exist and compete in the market for materials processing. Solid state laser engineering is mainly intended for the practicing scientist or engineer who is interested in.
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