Pulsed Metal Vapour Lasers

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Pulsed Metal Vapor Lasers: Past and Future....Pages 3-13
Copper Lasers in the Beginning....Pages 15-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Copper Laser Kinetics - A Comparative Study....Pages 29-42
Kinetics of Metal Vapour and Metal Halide Lasers....Pages 43-54
Kinetics of Metal Ion Recombination Lasers....Pages 55-66
Experimental Studies of CVL Kinetics....Pages 67-72
Physics of Transverse-Discharge Copper Vapour Lasers....Pages 73-78
Investigation of Bismuth Vapour Lasers....Pages 79-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Plasma Parameters of Metal Vapour Lasers....Pages 87-99
High-Power Copper Vapour Lasers and Applications....Pages 101-112
Copper Bromide Lasers....Pages 113-124
Metal Hybrid Lasers....Pages 125-136
Output Limiting Mechanisms and the Prospects for Metal Vapour Lasers with Average Output Power Above 1 kW/m....Pages 137-148
Strontium and Calcium Ion Recombination Lasers and Their Applications....Pages 149-160
The Effects of Impurities on Metal Vapour Laser Performance....Pages 161-168
Influence of Hydrogen on the Kinetics of Copper Bromide Lasers....Pages 169-174
MVL Parameter Management Through Electron Plasma Component....Pages 175-182
Novel Circuits for the Excitation of Metal Vapour Lasers....Pages 183-188
Novel Low-Temperature Pulsed Metal-Vapour Lasers....Pages 189-194
Measurement of “Hot Spots” in Copper Vapour Lasers....Pages 195-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Computer Modelling of Longitudinally Excited Elemental Copper Vapour Lasers....Pages 203-214
Impedance Matching and Electric Field Penetration in Metal Vapour Lasers....Pages 215-220
Physical Consequences of the Rapid Drop of the Electron Temperature in Copper Vapour Laser (CVL)....Pages 221-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Beam Quality Issues in CVL Applications....Pages 229-240
Beam Quality Issues in Copper Vapour Lasers....Pages 241-254
Advances in Unstable Resonator Technology for Pulsed Metal Vapor Lasers....Pages 255-262
Beam Quality Issues for the Second Harmonic Generation of Copper Vapour Radiation....Pages 263-268
Spectral Control in Copper Bromide Lasers and Its Application in High Speed Holography....Pages 269-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Frequency Extension of Metal Vapour Lasers....Pages 277-287
Transformation of Copper and Copper Bromide Laser Radiation in Non-Linear Processes....Pages 289-301
High Power Dye Laser Pumping by Copper Vapour Lasers....Pages 303-307
Amplification of the Temporally Stretched Yellow Beam of the Copper Vapour Laser....Pages 309-314
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Precision Machining with Copper Vapour Lasers....Pages 317-330
Industrial Applications of High-Power Copper Vapor Lasers....Pages 331-346
Exploring High Power Material Processing Applications with Copper Vapour Lasers....Pages 347-352
Copper Laser Machining of Ceramics....Pages 353-358
Drilling and Cutting Transparent Substrates with Copper Vapour Lasers....Pages 359-364
UV Micromachining Using Copper Vapour Lasers....Pages 365-370
Underwater Direct Metal Processing by High-Power Copper Vapour Laser....Pages 371-376
Applications of CVLs in the Electronics Industry....Pages 377-382
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Laser Induced Chemical Etching of Silicon with SF 6 Using a Copper Bromide Vapour Laser....Pages 383-388
Front Matter....Pages 389-389
Treatment of Port-Wine Stains with the 578 NM Light from a Copper Vapour Laser and an Automated Scanning Device....Pages 391-402
Metal Vapour Laser Systems in Biology and Medicine....Pages 403-408
Copper Vapour Lasers in Oncology....Pages 409-414
Front Matter....Pages 415-415
Applications of Copper Vapour Lasers in Spectroscopy....Pages 417-429
The Use of Copper-Vapor Lasers in Guide-Star Applications....Pages 431-440
Interaction of CVL Radiation with Solids: Application to Mass Spectrometry....Pages 441-444
Applications of Pulsed Metal Vapour Lasers in Atmospheric Optics....Pages 445-452
Optical Systems with Metal Vapour Brightness Amplifiers....Pages 453-458
Back Matter....Pages 459-479