Description
Chapters will provide self-contained treatment of the topic as much as possible to allow the reader to go directly to the appropriate chapter to deal with a particular topic of concern. This sharp focus is necessary to maintain the emphasis, and to make this a practical reference. The knowledge and experience will integrate aspects of laser oscillators, laser amplifiers, laser systems, engineering of rugged laser cavities, design and engineering of laser-based instrumentation, and design of highly reliable laser systems for material processing applications.- Provides a sharp focus practical aspects of reference material- Offers an approach that will be simple, direct, and focused only on lasers and optics- Integrates aspects of laser oscillators, laser amplifiers, laser systems, engineering of rugged laser cavities, design and engineering of laser-based instrumentation, and design of highly reliable laser systems for material processing applications
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Lasers2. Dirac Optics3. The Uncertainty Principle in Optics4. The Physics of Multiple-Prism Optics5. Linear Polarization6. Laser Beam Propagation Matrices7. Pulsed Narrow-Linewidth Tunable Laser Oscillators8. Nonlinear Optics9. Lasers and Their Emission Characteristics10. Architecture of N-Slip Interferometric-Laser Optical Systems11. Spectrometry and Interferometry
