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ISBN 10: 1119310660
ISBN 13: 9781119310662
Author: Jeff Hecht
The expanded fourth edition of the book that offers an essential introduction to laser technology and the newest developments in the field
The revised and updated fourth edition of Understanding Lasers offers an essential guide and introduction that explores how lasers work, what they do, and how they are applied in the real world. The author–a Fellow of The Optical Society–reviews the key concepts of physics and optics that are essential for understanding lasers and explains how lasers operate. The book also contains information on the optical accessories used with lasers.
Written in non-technical terms, the book gives an overview of the wide-variety laser types and configurations. Understanding Lasers covers fiber, solid-state, excimer, helium-neon, carbon dioxide, free-electron lasers, and more. In addition, the book also explains concepts such as the difference between laser oscillation and amplification, the importance of laser gain, and tunable lasers. The updated fourth edition highlights the most recent research and development in the field. This important resource:
- Includes a new chapter on fiber lasers and amplifiers
- Reviews new topics on physics of optical fibers and fiber lasers, disk lasers, and Ytterbium lasers
- Contains new sections on Laser Geometry and Implications, Diode Laser Structures, Optimal Parametric Sources, and 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
- Puts the focus on research and emerging developments in areas such as spectroscopy, slow light, laser cooling, and extremely precise measurements
- Contains appendices, glossary, and index that help make this book a useful reference
Written for engineering and physics students, engineers, scientists, and technicians, the fourth edition of Understanding Lasers contains the basic concepts of lasers and the most recent advances in the technology.
Understanding Lasers An Entry Level Guide 4th Edition Table of contents:
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
1.1 LASERS, OPTICS, AND PHOTONICS
1.2 UNDERSTANDING THE LASER
1.3 WHAT IS A LASER?
1.4 LASER MATERIALS AND TYPES
1.5 OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF LASER LIGHT
1.6 HOW LASERS ARE USED?
1.7 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2 PHYSICAL BASICS
2.1 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND PHOTONS
2.2 QUANTUM AND CLASSICAL PHYSICS
2.3 INTERACTIONS OF LIGHT AND MATTER
2.4 BASIC OPTICS AND SIMPLE LENSES
2.5 FIBER OPTICS
2.6 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3 HOW LASERS WORK
3.1 BUILDING A LASER
3.2 PRODUCING A POPULATION INVERSION
3.3 RESONANT CAVITIES
3.4 LASER BEAMS AND RESONANCE
3.5 WAVELENGTH SELECTION AND TUNING
3.6 LASER EXCITATION AND EFFICIENCY
3.7 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4 LASER CHARACTERISTICS
4.1 COHERENCE
4.2 LASER WAVELENGTHS
4.3 PROPERTIES OF LASER BEAMS
4.4 LASER POWER
4.5 LASER EFFICIENCY
4.6 PULSE CHARACTERISTICS
4.7 POLARIZATION
4.8 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5 OPTICS, LASER ACCESSORIES, AND MEASUREMENTS
5.1 CLASSICAL OPTICAL DEVICES
5.2 OPTICAL MATERIALS
5.3 OPTICAL COATINGS AND FILTERS
5.4 BEAM DELIVERY, DIRECTION, AND PROPAGATION
5.5 MOUNTING AND POSITIONING EQUIPMENT
5.6 NONLINEAR OPTICS
5.7 BEAM MODULATION AND OUTPUT CONTROL
5.8 MEASUREMENTS IN OPTICS
5.9 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6 LASER TYPES, FEATURES, AND ENHANCEMENTS
6.1 PERSPECTIVES ON LASER TYPES
6.2 LASER MEDIA
6.3 PUMPING AND ENERGY STORAGE
6.4 LASER PULSE CHARACTERISTICS
6.5 WAVELENGTH CONVERSION
6.6 LASER OSCILLATORS AND OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS
6.7 WAVELENGTH OPTIONS
6.8 LASER-LIKE LIGHT SOURCES
6.9 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7 GAS LASERS
7.1 THE GAS-LASER FAMILY
7.2 GAS-LASER BASICS
7.3 HELIUM–NEON LASERS
7.4 ARGON- AND KRYPTON-ION LASERS
7.5 METAL-VAPOR LASERS
7.6 CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS
7.7 EXCIMER LASERS
7.8 NITROGEN LASERS
7.9 CHEMICAL LASERS
7.10 OTHER GAS LASERS
7.11 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8 SOLID-STATE LASERS
8.1 WHAT IS A SOLID-STATE LASER?
8.2 SOLID-STATE LASER MATERIALS
8.3 SOLID-STATE LASER CONFIGURATIONS
8.4 MAJOR SOLID-STATE LASER MATERIALS
8.5 OPTICALLY PUMPED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
8.6 BROADBAND AND TUNABLE SOLID-STATE LASERS
8.7 PULSED SOLID-STATE LASERS
8.8 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9 FIBER LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS
9.1 WHAT ARE FIBER LASERS?
9.2 OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURES
9.3 FIBER LASER DESIGN AND EFFICIENCY
9.4 RARE-EARTH-DOPED FIBER LASERS
9.5 RARE-EARTH-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS
9.6 RAMAN FIBER LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS
9.7 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10 DIODE AND OTHER SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
10.1 TYPES OF SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
10.2 DEVELOPMENT OF DIODE LASERS
10.3 SEMICONDUCTOR BASICS
10.4 COMPARING LED AND DIODE-LASER EMISSION
10.5 CONFINING LIGHT AND CURRENT
10.6 EDGE-EMITTING DIODE LASERS
10.7 SURFACE-EMITTING DIODE LASERS
10.8 OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF DIODE LASERS
10.9 DIODE-LASER MATERIALS AND WAVELENGTHS
10.10 QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS AND RELATED TYPES
10.11 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11 OTHER LASERS AND LASER-LIKE SOURCES
11.1 TUNABLE DYE LASERS
11.2 OPTICAL PARAMETRIC SOURCES
11.3 SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES
11.4 FREQUENCY COMBS
11.5 EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET SOURCES
11.6 FREE-ELECTRON LASERS
11.7 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12 LOW-POWER LASER APPLICATIONS
12.1 ADVANTAGES OF LASER LIGHT
12.2 READING WITH LASERS
12.3 OPTICAL DISKS AND DATA STORAGE
12.4 LASER PRINTING
12.5 LASERS IN FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS
12.6 LASER MEASUREMENT
12.7 LASER LIGHT SHOWS, POINTERS, AND PROJECTION DISPLAYS
12.8 LOW-POWER DEFENSE APPLICATIONS
12.9 SENSING AND SPECTROSCOPY
12.10 HOLOGRAPHY
12.11 OTHER LOW-POWER APPLICATIONS
12.12 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
WHAT’S NEXT?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13 HIGH-POWER LASER APPLICATIONS
13.1 HIGH- VERSUS LOW-POWER LASER APPLICATIONS
13.2 ATTRACTIONS OF HIGH-POWER LASERS
13.3 IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS AND TRENDS
13.4 MATERIALS WORKING
13.5 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING
13.6 SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS FABRICATION
13.7 LASER MEDICAL TREATMENT
13.8 PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND ISOTOPE SEPARATION
13.9 LASER-DRIVEN NUCLEAR FUSION
13.10 HIGH-ENERGY LASER WEAPONS
13.11 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14 LASERS IN RESEARCH
14.1 LASERS OPEN NEW OPPORTUNITIES
14.2 LASER SPECTROSCOPY
14.3 MANIPULATING TINY OBJECTS
14.4 ATOM LASERS AND BOSE–EINSTEIN CONDENSATES
14.5 DETECTION OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
14.6 LASER GUIDE STARS FOR ASTRONOMY
14.7 SLOW LIGHT
14.8 NANOSCALE LASERS
14.9 STRANGE LASERS
14.10 EXTREME POWER ULTRASHORT PULSE LASERS
14.11 X-RAY FREE-ELECTRON LASERS
14.12 OTHER EMERGING RESEARCH
14.13 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 14
ANSWERS TO QUIZ QUESTIONS
APPENDIX A LASER SAFETY
A.1 POWER SUPPLY HAZARDS
A.2 LASER BEAM HAZARDS
APPENDIX B HANDY NUMBERS AND FORMULAS
APPENDIX C RESOURCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS
GLOSSARY
INDEX
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