The Laser Literature: An Annotated Guide

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Books and General Laser Papers....Pages 1-4
Laser Analyses....Pages 4-8
Ruby Laser....Pages 8-16
Neodymium Laser....Pages 16-20
Other Solid-State Lasers....Pages 21-24
He-Ne Gas Laser....Pages 24-30
Other Gas Lasers....Pages 31-40
Organic and Chemical Lasers....Pages 40-42
GaAs and GaAs 1-x P x Injection Luminescent Devices....Pages 42-49
Other Injection Luminescent Devices and Analyses....Pages 50-53
Laser Amplifier....Pages 53-56
Laser Resonators and Mode Considerations....Pages 56-64
Giant Pulse Techniques (Q-Switching)....Pages 64-68
Pumping, Light Sources, Sensitization, and Population Inversion....Pages 68-73
Modulation....Pages 73-80
Detection....Pages 80-85
Beam Quality, Control, and Deflection....Pages 86-88
Coherence, Interference, Quantum Noise, Narrow-Linewidth Lasers, and Frequency Control....Pages 88-94
Raman and Brillouin Scattering....Pages 94-100
Harmonic Generation, Mixing, and Other Parametric Interactions....Pages 100-105
Thomson Scattering, Compton Scattering, and Plasma Diagnostics....Pages 106-108
Gas Breakdown....Pages 108-111
Other Nonlinear, Thermal, and Interaction Effects with Matter....Pages 111-121
Transmission, Propagation, Scattering, Reflection, and Filtering....Pages 121-133
Holography and Wavefront Reconstruction....Pages 133-137
Applications....Pages 137-145
Miscellaneous....Pages 145-151
Back Matter....Pages 153-172