Preface |
Introduction and Overview / Chapter 1: |
Lasers, Optics, and Photonics / 1.1: |
Understanding the Laser / 1.2: |
What Is a Laser? / 1.3: |
Laser Materials and Types / 1.4: |
Optical Properties of Laser Light / 1.5: |
How Lasers Are Used? / 1.6: |
What Have We Learned? / 1.7: |
Physical Basics / Chapter 2: |
Electromagnetic Waves and Photons / 2.1: |
Quantum and Classical Physics / 2.2: |
Interactions of Light and Matter / 2.3: |
Basic Optics and Simple Lenses / 2.4: |
Fiber Optics / 2.5: |
How Lasers Work / 2.6: |
Building a Laser / 3.1: |
Producing a Population Inversion / 3.2: |
Resonant Cavities / 3.3: |
Laser Beams and Resonance / 3.4: |
Wavelength Selection and Tuning / 3.5: |
Laser Excitation and Efficiency / 3.6: |
Laser Characteristics / 3.7: |
Coherence / 4.1: |
Laser Wavelengths / 4.2: |
Properties of Laser Beams / 4.3: |
Laser Power / 4.4: |
Laser Efficiency / 4.5: |
Pulse Characteristics / 4.6: |
Polarization / 4.7: |
Optics, Laser Accessories, and Measurements / 4.8: |
Classical Optical Devices / 5.1: |
Optical Materials / 5.2: |
Optical Coatings and Filters / 5.3: |
Beam Delivery, Direction, and Propagation / 5.4: |
Mounting and Positioning Equipment / 5.5: |
Nonlinear Optics / 5.6: |
Beam Modulation and Output Control / 5.7: |
Measurements in Optics / 5.8: |
Laser Types, Features, and Enhancements / 5.9: |
Perspectives on Laser Types / 6.1: |
Laser Media / 6.2: |
Pumping and Energy Storage / 6.3: |
Laser Pulse Characteristics / 6.4: |
Wavelength Conversion / 6.5: |
Laser Oscillators and Optical Amplifiers / 6.6: |
Wavelength Options / 6.7: |
Laser-Like Light Sources / 6.8: |
Gas Lasers / 6.9: |
The Gas-Laser Family / 7.1: |
Gas-Laser Basics / 7.2: |
Helium-Neon Lasers / 7.3: |
Argon- and Krypton-Ion Lasers / 7.4: |
Metal-Vapor Lasers / 7.5: |
Carbon Dioxide Lasers / 7.6: |
Excimer Lasers / 7.7: |
Nitrogen Lasers / 7.8: |
Chemical Lasers / 7.9: |
Other Gas Lasers / 7.10: |
Solid-State Lasers / 7.11: |
What Is a Solid-State Laser? / 8.1: |
Solid-State Laser Materials / 8.2: |
Solid-State Laser Configurations / 8.3: |
Major Solid-State Laser Materials / 8.4: |
Optically Pumped Semiconductor Lasers / 8.5: |
Broadband and Tunable Solid-State Lasers / 8.6: |
Pulsed Solid-State Lasers / 8.7: |
Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers / 8.8: |
What Are Fiber Lasers? / 9.1: |
Optical Fiber Structures / 9.2: |
Fiber Laser Design and Efficiency / 9.3: |
Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers / 9.4: |
Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Amplifiers / 9.5: |
Raman Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers / 9.6: |
Diode and Other Semiconductor Lasers / 9.7: |
Types of Semiconductor Lasers / 10.1: |
Development of Diode Lasers / 10.2: |
Semiconductor Basics / 10.3: |
Comparing LED and Diode-Laser Emission / 10.4: |
Confining Light and Current / 10.5: |
Edge-Emitting Diode Lasers / 10.6: |
Surface-Emitting Diode Lasers / 10.7: |
Optical Properties of Diode Lasers / 10.8: |
Diode-Laser Materials and Wavelengths / 10.9: |
Quantum Cascade Lasers and Related Types / 10.10: |
Other Lasers and Laser-Like Sources / 10.11: |
Tunable Dye Lasers / 11.1: |
Optical Parametric Sources / 11.2: |
Supercontinuum Sources / 11.3: |
Frequency Combs / 11.4: |
Extreme Ultraviolet Sources / 11.5: |
Free-Electron Lasers / 11.6: |
Low-Power Laser Applications / 11.7: |
Advantages of Laser Light / 12.1: |
Reading with Lasers / 12.2: |
Optical Disks and Data Storage / 12.3: |
Laser Printing / 12.4: |
Lasers in Fiber-Optic Communications / 12.5: |
Laser Measurement / 12.6: |
Laser Light Shows, Pointers, and Projection Displays / 12.7: |
Low-Power Defense Applications / 12.8: |
Sensing and Spectroscopy / 12.9: |
Holography / 12.10: |
Other Low-Power Applications / 12.11: |
High-Power Laser Applications / 12.12: |
High- Versus Low-Power Laser Applications / 13.1: |
Attractions of High-Power Lasers / 13.2: |
Important Considerations and Trends / 13.3: |
Materials Working / 13.4: |
Additive Manufacturing and Three-Dimensional Printing / 13.5: |
Semiconductor Electronics Fabrication / 13.6: |
Laser Medical Treatment / 13.7: |
Photochemistry and Isotope Separation / 13.8: |
Laser-Driven Nuclear Fusion / 13.9: |
High-Energy Laser Weapons / 13.10: |
Lasers in Research / 13.11: |
Lasers Open New Opportunities / 14.1: |
Laser Spectroscopy / 14.2: |
Manipulating Tiny Objects / 14.3: |
Atom Lasers and Bose-Einstein Condensates / 14.4: |
Detection of Gravitational Waves / 14.5: |
Laser Guide Stars for Astronomy / 14.6: |
Slow Light / 14.7: |
Nanoscale Lasers / 14.8: |
Strange Lasers / 14.9: |
Extreme Power Ultrashort Pulse Lasers / 14.10: |
X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers / 14.11: |
Other Emerging Research / 14.12: |
Answers to Quiz Questions / 14.13: |
Laser Safety / Appendix A: |
Handy Numbers and Formulas / Appendix B: |
Resources and Suggested Readings / Appendix C: |
Glossary |
Index |
Preface |
Introduction and Overview / Chapter 1: |
Lasers, Optics, and Photonics / 1.1: |