Tunable Lasers

This popular book on tunable lasers has now been brought up to date by the addition of a chapter reviewing progress made since the publication of the previous edition. It is written so as to be accessible to researchers and students alike, and covers practical as well as theoretical aspects.

InhaltsangabeGeneral principles and some common features.- Excimer lasers.- Four-wave frequency mixing in gases.- Stimulated Raman scattering.- Urea optical parametric oscillator for the visible and near infrared.- Color center lasers.- Fiber Raman lasers.- Tunable high-pressure infrared lasers.- Tunable paramagnetic-ion solid-state lasers.- Recent progress in tunable lasers.