Laser Resonators and Beam Propagation Fundamentals, Advanced Concepts and Applications /

• Main Authors: Hodgson, Norman (Author), Weber, Horst (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 108
• Subjects: Physics.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Engineering.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Engineering, general.

Optical Resonators provides a detailed discussion of the properties of optical resonators for lasers from basic theory to recent research. In addition to describing the fundamental theories of resonators such as geometrical optics, diffraction, and polarisation the characteristics of all important r...

Table of Contents:

• The Electromagnetic Field
• Geometrical Optics
• Wave Optics
• Polarization
• Basic Properties of Optical Resonators
• The Fabry Perot Resonator
• Passive Open Resonators
• Stable Resonators
• Resonators on the Stability Limits
• Unstable Resonators
• Resonators with Internal Optical Elements
• Open Resonators with Gain
• The Active Medium
• Output Power of Laser Resonators
• Influence of Gain on Mode Structure and Loss
• Q-switched Laser Resonators
• Resonators with Variable Internal Lenses
• Resonators with Several Active Media
• Misalignment Sensitivity of the Output Power
• Resonators with Internal Nonlinear Elements
• Special Resonator Concepts
• Prism Resonators
• Fourier Transform Resonators
• Hybrid Resonators
• Resonators for Annular Gain Media
• Ring Resonators
• Single Mode Resonators
• Measurement Techniques
• Measurement of Laser Head Parameters
• Measurement of Laser Beam Parameters.