Solid-State Lasers for Materials Processing Fundamental Relations and Technical Realizations /

• Main Author: Iffländer, Reinhard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 77
• Subjects: Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement .; Engineering.; Materials science.; Classical Electrodynamics.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Engineering, general.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

This book explains in detail the technical and physical basic principles of solid-state lasers for material processing. The characteristic parameters of laser beams, such as beam quality, power and efficiency, are related to parameters of practical use. Conventional applications of high power lasers...

Table of Contents:

• I Theoretical Background
• 1 Fundamentals of Solid-State Lasers
• 2 Gaussian Optics
• 3 Resonators
• 4 Thermal Effects
• II Technical Realization
• 5 Beam Source
• 6 Gas Discharge Lamps
• 7 Excitation by Diodes
• 8 Electrical Circuits
• 9 Optics
• 10 Material Processing.
• III Data and Specifications
• 11 Laser Materials
• 12 Laser Crystals
• 13 Laser Glasses
• 14 Material Data
• 15 Tables and Constants
• References.