Weber M.J. Handbook of lasers. - Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2001. - 1198 p. - (The CRC Press laser and optical science and technology series). - ISBN 0-8493-3509-4  Место хранения:   053 | Институт лазерной физики CO РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

PREFACE SECTION 1: SOLID STATE LASERS 1.0 Introduction ................................................ 3 1.1 Crystalline Paramagnetic Ion Lasers ......................... 5 1.1.1 Introduction .......................................... 5 1.1.2 Host Crystals Used for Transition Metal Laser Ions ... 19 1.1.3 Host Crystals Used for Lanthanide Laser Ions ......... 20 1.1.4 Tables of Transition Metal Ion Lasers ................ 29 1.1.5 Tables of Divalent Lanthanide Ion Lasers ............. 36 1.1.6 Tables of Trivalent Lanthanide Ion Lasers ............ 37 1.1.7 Actinide Ion Lasers ................................. 100 1.1.8 Other Ions and Crystals Exhibiting Gain ............. 101 1.1.9 Self-Frequency-Doubled Lasers ....................... 101 1.1.10 Commercial Crystalline Transition Metal Ion Lasers ............................................. 103 1.1.11 Commercial Crystalline Lanthanide Ion Lasers ....... 104 1.1.12 References ......................................... 106 1.2 Glass Lasers .............................................. 161 1.2.1 Introduction ........................................ 161 1.2.2 Tables of Glass Lasers .............................. 167 1.2.3 Glass Amplifiers .................................... 181 1.2.4 Commercial Glass Lasers ............................. 182 1.2.5 References .......................................... 183 1.3 Solid State Dye Lasers .................................... 195 1.3.1 Introduction ........................................ 195 1.3.2 Dye Doped Organic Lasers ............................ 196 1.3.3 Silica and Silica-Gel Dye Lasers .................... 205 1.3.4 Dye Doped Inorganic Crystal Lasers .................. 209 1.3.5 Dye Doped Glass Lasers .............................. 209 1.3.6 Dye Doped Gelatin Lasers ............................ 210 1.3.7 Dye Doped Biological Materials Lasers ............... 210 1.3.8 Commercial Solid State Dye Lasers ................... 210 1.3.9 References .......................................... 211 1.4 Color Center Lasers ....................................... 217 1.4.1 Introduction ........................................ 217 1.4.2 Centers and Crystals Used for Color Center Lasers ... 219 1.4.3 Table of Color Center Lasers ........................ 221 1.4.4 Commercial Color Center Lasers ...................... 226 1.4.5 References .......................................... 226 1.5 Semiconductor Lasers ...................................... 231 1.5.1 Introduction ........................................ 231 1.5.2 II-VI Compound Lasers ............................... 235 1.5.3 Mercury II-VI Compound Lasers ....................... 237 1.5.4 III-V Compound Lasers ............................... 238 1.5.5 III-V Compound Antimonide Lasers .................... 242 1.5.6 Nitride Lasers ...................................... 243 1.5.7 Lead IV-VI Compound Lasers .......................... 244 1.5.8 Germanium-Silicon Intervalence Band Lasers .......... 245 1.5.9 Other Semiconductor Lasers .......................... 246 1.5.10 Quantum Cascade and Intersubband Lasers ............ 247 1.5.11 Vertical Cavity Lasers ............................. 249 1.5.12 Commercial Semiconductor Lasers .................... 251 1.5.13 References ......................................... 252 1.6 Polymer Lasers ............................................ 273 1.6.1 Introduction ........................................ 273 1.6.2 Pure Polymer Lasers ................................. 274 1.6.3 Dye Doped Polymer Lasers ............................ 278 1.6.4 Rare Earth Doped Polymer Lasers ..................... 288 1.7 Solid State Excimer Lasers ................................ 289 1.8 Raman, Brillouin, and Soliton Lasers ...................... 291 1.8.1 Introduction ........................................ 291 1.8.2 Crystalline Raman Lasers ............................ 292 1.8.3 Fiber Raman Lasers and Amplifiers ................... 295 1.8.4 Fiber Soliton Lasers ................................ 296 1.8.5 Fiber Brillouin Lasers .............................. 297 1.8.6 References .......................................... 298 SECTION 2: LIQUID LASERS 2.1 Liquid Organic Dye Lasers ................................. 305 2.1.1 Introduction ........................................ 305 2.1.2 Chemical Nomenclature ............................... 307 2.1.3 Tables of Liquid Organic Dye Lasers ................. 310 2.1.4 Commercial Dye Lasers ............................... 360 2.1.5 Dye Laser Tuning Curves ............................. 360 2.1.6 References .......................................... 367 2.2 Rare Earth Liquid Lasers .................................. 375 2.2.1 Introduction ........................................ 375 2.2.2 Chelate Liquid Lasers ............................... 375 2.2.3 Aprotic Liquid Lasers ............................... 381 2.3 Liquid Polymer Lasers ..................................... 385 2.4 Liquid Excimer Lasers ..................................... 387 SECTION 3: GAS LASERS 3.0 Introduction .............................................. 391 3.1 Neutral Atom Gas Lasers ................................... 393 3.1.1 Introduction ........................................ 393 3.1.2 Tables of Neutral Atom Gas Lasers ................... 395 3.2 Ionized Gas Lasers ........................................ 463 3.2.1 Introduction ........................................ 463 3.2.2 Energy Level Diagrams ............................... 465 3.2.3 Tables of Ionized Gas Lasers ........................ 480 3.3 Molecular Gas Lasers ...................................... 531 3.3.1 Electronic Transition Gas Lasers .................... 531 3.3.2 Vibrational Transition Gas Lasers ................... 609 3.4 Far Infrared and Millimeter Wave Gas Lasers ............... 721 3.4.1 Introduction ........................................ 721 3.4.2 Tables of Atomic Far Infrared Gas Lasers ............ 723 3.4.3 Tables of Far Infrared and Millimeter Wave Gas Lasers .............................................. 725 3.5 Commercial Gas Lasers ..................................... 843 3.6 Comments .................................................. 847 3.7 References ............................................... 1031 SECTION 4: OTHER LASERS 4.1 Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray Lasers ................ 1113 4.1.1 Introduction ....................................... 1113 4.1.2 Lasing Transitions of H-like Ions .................. 1116 4.1.3 Lasing Transitions of Li-like Ions ................. 1117 4.1.4 Lasing Transitions of Be-like Ions ................. 1118 4.1.5 Lasing Transitions of Ne-like Ions ................. 1118 4.1.6 Lasing Transitions of Co-like Ions ................. 1122 4.1.7 Lasing Transitions of Ni-like Ions ................. 1122 4.1.8 Lasing Transitions of Pd-like Ions ................. 1124 4.1.9 References ......................................... 1125 4.2 Free Electron Lasers ..................................... 1129 4.2.1 Introduction ....................................... 1129 4.2.2 Short Wavelength Free Electron Lasers .............. 1131 4.2.3 Long Wavelength Free Electron Lasers ............... 1135 4.3 Nuclear Pumped Lasers .................................... 1139 4.3.1 Introduction ....................................... 1139 4.3.2 Reactor Pumped Lasers .............................. 1141 4.3.3 Nuclear Device Pumped Lasers ....................... 1143 4.3.4 References ......................................... 1143 4.4 Natural Lasers ........................................... 1147 4.5 Inversionless Lasers ..................................... 1151 4.6 Amplification of Core-Valence Luminescence ............... 1155 APPENDICES Appendix I Laser Safety ................................ 1159 Appendix II Acronyms, Abbreviations, Initialisms, and Common Names for Types of Lasers, Laser Materials, Laser Structures and Operating Configurations, and Systems Involving Lasers ...................................... 1167 Appendix III Electron Configurations of Neutral Atoms in the Ground State ......................... 1179 Appendix IV Fundamental Physical Constants .............. 1183 INDEX ........................................................ 1187