Crystal-Field Engineering of Solid-State Laser Materials: Series Number 25 (Cambridge Studies in Modern Optics, Series Number 25) - Hardcover

Henderson, Brian; Bartram, Ralph H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521593492 ISBN 13: 9780521593496

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book is concerned with the underlying science and design of laser materials. It emphasizes the principles of crystal–field engineering and discusses the basic physical concepts that determine laser gain and nonlinear frequency conversion in optical crystals. A concise review of the essential underlying science is presented, and the predictive capabilities of crystal-field engineering are developed to show how modification of the symmetry and composition of optical centres can improve laser performance. Applications of the principles of crystal-field engineering to a variety of optical crystals are also discussed in relation to the performances of laser devices. This book will be of considerable interest to physical, chemical and material scientists and to engineers involved in the science and technology of solid state lasers. It will be used by senior undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as by established scientists.

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Review

'This book is quite clearly a graduate-level textbook for materials scientists and condensed matter physicists, but the wide-ranging review of laser materials will also make it an attractive reference book for specialists in the solid-state spectroscopy and laser fields.' John F. Ryan, The Times Higher Education Supplement

Book Description

Concerned with the underlying science of laser materials. Methods of preparing laser materials are presented and their basic underlying science is applied to laser crystals and non-crystals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521593492
• ISBN 13: 9780521593496
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 414