Solid-State Mid-Infrared Laser Sources

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sorokina, Irina T. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Vodopyanov, Konstantin L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics, 89
• Subjects: Lasers.; Photonics.; Solid state physics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Engineering.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Engineering, general.

The book describes the most advanced techniques for generating coherent light in the mid-infrared region of the spectrum. These techniques represent diverse areas of photonics and include heterojunction semiconductor lasers, quantum cascade lasers, tunable crystalline lasers, fiber lasers, Raman las...

Table of Contents:

• Mid-Infrared 2-5 ?m Heterojunction Laser Diodes
• High Performance Quantum Cascade Lasers and Their Applications
• Mid-IR Difference Frequency Generation
• Pulsed Mid-IR Optical Parametric Oscillators
• Mid-Infrared Ultrafast and Continuous- Wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
• Mid-Infrared Fiber Lasers
• Crystalline Mid-Infrared Lasers
• Crystalline and Fiber Raman Lasers
• Narrow-Linewidth Tunable Terahertz-Wave Sources Using Nonlinear Optics
• Mid-Infrared and THz Coherent Sources Using Semiconductor-Based Materials
• Mid-Infrared Laser Applications in Spectroscopy
• Mid-IR Laser Applications in Medicine.