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McGraw-Hill High Power Laser Handbook 2011 Edition by Hagop Injeyan, Gregory Goodno
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The State of the Art in High-Power Laser TechnologyFilled with full-color images, High-Power Laser Handbook offers comprehensive details on the latest advances in high-power laser development and applications. Performance parameters for each major class of lasers are described. The book covers high-power gas, chemical, and free-electron lasers and then discusses semiconductor diode lasers, along with the associated technologies of packaging, reliability, and beam shaping and delivery. Current research and development in solid-state lasers is described as well as scaling approaches for high CW powers, high pulse energies, and high peak powers. This authoritative work also addresses the emergence of fiber lasers and concludes by reviewing various methods for beam combining.Coverage Includes:Carbon dioxide lasersExcimer lasersChemical lasersHigh-power free-electron lasersSemiconductor laser diodesHigh-power diode laser arraysIntroduction to high-power solid-state lasersZig-zag slab lasersThinZag high-power laser developmentThin disk lasersHeat capacity lasersUltrafast solid-state lasersUltrafast lasers in the thin disk geometryThe National Ignition Facility laserOptical fiber lasersPulsed fiber lasersHigh-power ultrafast fiber laser systemsHigh-power fiber lasers for industry and defenseBeam combining Table of contents :- Part 1: Gas, Chemical, and Free-Electron Lasers1. Carbon Dioxide Lasers2. Excimer Lasers3. Chemical Lasers4. High-Power Free-Electron LasersPart 2: Diode Lasers5. Diode Lasers6. High-Power Diode Laser ArraysPart 3: Solid-State Lasers7. Introduction to High-Power Solid-State Lasers8. Zigzag Slab Lasers9. Nd:YAG Ceramic ThinZag High-Power Laser10. Thin-Disc Lasers11. Heat-Capacity Lasers12. Ultrafast Solid-State Lasers13. Ultrafast Lasers in Thin-Disk Geometry14. The National Ignition Facility LaserPart 4: Fiber Lasers15. Introduction to Optical Fiber Lasers16. Pulsed Fiber Lasers17. High-Power Ultrafast Fiber Laser Systems18. High-Power Fiber Lasers for Industry and DefensePart 5: Beam Combining19. Beam CombiningIndex