Handbook of Laser Wavelengths (Laser & Optical Science & Technology)

frontmaterial.pdf......Page 1
Handbook of Laser Wavelengths......Page 3
Foreword......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
The Author......Page 8
Advisory Board......Page 9
PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS......Page 2
CRC HANDBOOK OF LASER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY......Page 10
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 12
Section1......Page 13
Section 1: Introduction......Page 14
Contents......Page 0
INTRODUCTION......Page 15
Crystalline Paramagnetic Ion Lasers......Page 16
Solid State Dye Lasers......Page 20
Color Center Lasers......Page 21
Semiconductor Lasers......Page 23
Organic Dye Lasers......Page 25
Gas Lasers......Page 27
Neutral Atom, Ionized, and Molecular Gas Lasers......Page 28
Optically Pumped Far Infrared and Millimeter Wave Lasers......Page 29
Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray Lasers......Page 30
Nuclear Pumped Lasers......Page 31
Commercial Lasers......Page 32
References......Page 33
Further Reading......Page 35
Section2......Page 36
Section 2: Solid State Lasers......Page 37
Further Reading......Page 38
Table 2.1.1 Transition Metal Ion Laser Transitions in Solids......Page 39
Table 2.1.2 Lanthanide and Actinide Laser Ion Transitions in Solids......Page 40
References-Table 2.1.3......Page 43
Table 2.1.4 Paramagnetic Ion Lasers Arranged in Order of Wavelength......Page 45
References......Page 97
Further Reading......Page 153
Table 2.2.1 Glass Laser Transitions......Page 154
References - Table 2.2.2......Page 156
Table 2.2.3 Glass Lasers Arranged in Order of Increasing Wavelength......Page 157
References - Table 2.2.4......Page 165
Further Reading......Page 175
Table 2.3.1......Page 176
Footnotes – Table 2.3.1......Page 187
References......Page 188
Further Reading......Page 193
Table 2.4.1 Color Center Lasers Arranged in Order of Increasing Wavelength......Page 194
References......Page 196
Further Reading......Page 199
Table 2.5.1 Semiconductor Lasers Arranged in Order of Increasing Wavelength......Page 202
References......Page 217
Further Reading......Page 232
Table 2.6.1 Polymer Lasers Arranged in Order of Increasing Wavelength......Page 233
References......Page 234
Section3......Page 235
Section 3: Liquid Lasers......Page 236
Chemical nomenclature......Page 237
Abbreviations used in Table 3.1.1:......Page 239
Further Reading......Page 240
Table 3.1.1 Organic Dye Lasers Arranged in Order of Increasing Wavelength......Page 241
References......Page 272
Further Reading......Page 280
Table 3.2.1 Rare Earth Chelate Lasers Arranged in Order of Increasing Wavelength......Page 281
Chelate Laser References......Page 283
Table 3.2.3......Page 285
Aprotic Laser References......Page 286
Section4......Page 288
Section 4: Gas Lasers......Page 289
Further Reading......Page 290
Table 4.1.1 Neutral Atom, Ion, and Molecular Gas Lasers Arranged in Order of Increasing Wavelength......Page 292
Further Reading......Page 518
Table 4.2.1 Optically Pumped Far Infrared and Millimeter Wave Lasers Arranged in Order of Increasing Wavelength......Page 520
Section 4.3 REFERENCES......Page 629
Section5......Page 706
Section 5: Other Lasers......Page 707
Further Reading......Page 708
Table 5.1.1 Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray Lasers Arranged in Order of Increasing Wavelength......Page 709
References......Page 714
Further Reading......Page 718
Table 5.2.1 Free Electron Lasers Arranged in Order of Wavelength......Page 719
References......Page 721
Further Reading......Page 726
Table 5.3.1 Nuclear Pumped Lasers Arranged in Order of Wavelength......Page 727
References......Page 729
Further Reading......Page 731
Table 5.4.1 Natural Lasers Arranged in Order of Increasing Wavelength......Page 732
References......Page 733
Further Reading......Page 734
References......Page 735
Section6......Page 737
Section 6: Commercial Lasers......Page 738
Further Reading......Page 739
Table 6.1 Commercial Lasers Arranged in Order of Increasing Wavelength......Page 740
Table 6.1.1 Commercial Solid State Lasers......Page 745
Table 6.2.1 Commercial Semiconductor Lasers......Page 749
Table 6.3.1 Commercial Dye Lasers Arranged in Order of Wavelength......Page 750
Table 6.4.1 Commercial Gas Lasers Arranged in Order of Wavelength......Page 757
appendix......Page 761
Appendices......Page 762
APPENDIX 1 Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initialisms, and Common Names for Types and Structures of Lasers and Amplifiers......Page 763
APPENDIX 2 Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initialisms, and Mineralogical or Common......Page 769
References:......Page 770
CONVERSION FACTORS......Page 771