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Title Encyclopedia of laser research / Jillian R. McDonald, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2012

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Series Lasers and electro-optics research and technology
Lasers and electro-optics research and technology series
Contents ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LASER RESEARCH; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LASER RESEARCH; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; RECENT PROGRESS OF HIGH PEAK POWER SOLID STATE LASERS; ABSTRACT ; 1. THERMO-OPTIC EFFECTS ; 2. THERMAL FOCAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT ; 3. TRANSVERSE MODES ; 4. RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH POWER SIMULTANEOUSLY Q-SWITCHED AND MODE LOCKED LASERS ; 5. COATING TECHNIQUE AFFECTING THE LASER OUTPUT BEAM QUALITY ; 6. QPM TECHNIQUE AND QUASI PHASE MATCHING NONLINEAR CRYSTAL ; 7. THEORY OF PARAMETRIC OSCILLATION (OPO)
8. PRACTICAL OPO PERFORMANCE AND RECENT DEVELOPMENT APPENDIX ; REFERENCES ; LASER ANNEALING OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH METAL NANOPARTICLES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; ION SYNTHESIS OF METAL NANOPARTICLES IN DIELECTRIC MATRIX BY LOW ENERGY ION IMPLANTATION ; INTERACTION OF HIGH-POWER EXIMER LASER PULSES WITH SODA-LIME SILICATE GLASS CONTAINING ION-SYNTHESISED SILVER NANOPARTICLES ; MULTIPULSE LASER ANNEALING OF SODA-LIME GLASS WITH SILVER NANOPARTICLES; COMBINED LASER AND THERMAL ANNEALING OF SODA-LIME GLASS WITH SILVER NANOPARTICLES
LASER ANNEALING OF SIPPHIRE WITH ION-SYNTHESISED COPPER NANOPARTICLES LASER ANNEALING OF SILICA WITH ION-SYNTHESISED COPPER NANOPARTICLES ; REFERENCES ; SINGLE CRYSTAL PHOTO-ELASTIC MODULATORS ; ABBREVIATIONS ; 1. BASICS OF SINGLE CRYSTAL PHOTO-ELASTIC MODULATORS (SCPEM) ; 1.1. Conventional Photo-Elastic Modulators; 1.2. Definition and Description of a SCPEM; 1.3. Two Candidates for a SCPEM: LiTaO3 and LiNbO3 ; 2. THEORY OF A SCPEM ; 2.1. Reduction to One Dimension: Y-Excited X-Oscillation ; 2.2. The Effect of an X-Oscillation on Birefringence ; 2.3. Longitudinally Excited Oscillation
2.4. Transversally Excited Oscillation 2.5. Discussion and Evaluation ; 2.6. Comparison with a Pockel's Cell ; 2.7. Electrical Model ; 2.8. Mechanical Model ; 2.9. Acceptance Angle of a SCPEM, 1-Dimensional View ; 2.10. Rotation of the Main Axis of the Index Ellipsoid ; 2.11. Acceptance Angle of a SCPEM, 2-Dimensional View ; 2.12. Useful Aperture of a SCPEM ; 2.13. Description of Spatial Varying Artificial Birefringence ; 3. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF A SCPEM ; 4. APPLICATIONS OF SCPEMS ; 4.1. Time-Multiplexing of Pulsed Laser Diodes [3, 8, 9, 11] ; 4.1.1. Beam Switching by Harmonic Modulation
4.1.2. The Prototype 4.2. Q-Switching [5, 6, 14, 29, 37] ; 4.3. Pulse-Picking ; 4.4. Optical Switch for Continuous Wave Operation ; 4.5. Ellipsometry ; 5. APPENDIX ; 5.1. Elasticity and Piezo-Electricity ; 5.2. Acoustical Waves [18] ; 5.3. Electro- and Elasto-Optics ; 5.3.1. General Description of Natural Birefringence ; 5.3.2. Additional Artificial Birefringence ; 5.4. Transmission In Dependence on e and z ; 5.5. Material Coefficients for BK7, LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 ; 5.5.1. BK7 21 ; 5.5.2. LiNbO3 [22] (stoichiometric) ; 5.5.3. LiTaO3 [26, 35] ; REFERENCES
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Lasers -- Research
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Lasers & Photonics.
Lasers -- Research
Form Electronic book
Author McDonald, Jillian R
LC no. 2020678594
ISBN 9781624174650
1624174655