High Power Laser Handbook

by Injeyan, Hagop; Goodno, Gregory

• ISBN13: 9780071609012
• ISBN10: 0071609016
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-25
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

In-depth details on kilowatt level high-power lasers and their commercial, industrial, and military applications High Power Laser Handbookintroduces the physics and engineering of high-power laser sources as well as their most relevant applications. This work provides a useful and up-to-date reference by compiling, in a single source, a description of the state of the art across a broad range of laser technologies. The book emphasizes phenomenology over first principles derivations to streamline the presentation and enable discussion of applications. High Power Laser Handbook Is edited by three engineers from industry leader Northrop Grumman Presents thorough physical principles of high-power lasers Includes all types of high-power lasers including gas lasers, chemical lasers, free electron lasers, semiconductor lasers, and SSL Covers typical performance parameters for each major class of lasers and what constitutes "high power" for a particular class Features examples of real-world applications The state of the art of high-power lasers: General Principles of Lasers; Gas Lasers; Chemical Lasers; Free Electron Lasers; Semiconductor Lasers; Solid State Lasers; Fiber Lasers; Beam Combining; Nonlinear Processes and Wavelength Conversion

Author Biography

Hagop Injeyan, Ph.D., has been employed with Northrop Grumman Space Technology since 1982, where he has been a Technical Fellow since 1999. He holds 22 U.S. patents and has more than 20 publications in international scientific journals and proceedings.
Stephen Palese, Ph.D., has been employed with Northrop Grumman Space Technology since 1997. He holds 10 U.S. patents and has more than 25 publications in international scientific journals and proceedings.
Gregory D. Goodno, Ph.D., has been employed with Northrop Grumman Space Technology since 1999 as a researcher in solid state lasers. He holds 2 U.S. patents and has more than 30 publications in international scientific journals and proceedings.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Gas, Chemical, and Free-Electron Lasers
1. Carbon Dioxide Lasers
2. Excimer Lasers
3. Chemical Lasers
4. High-Power Free-Electron LasersPart 2: Diode Lasers
5. Diode Lasers
6. High-Power Diode Laser Arrays
Part 3: Solid-State Lasers
7. Introduction to High-Power Solid-State Lasers
8. Zigzag Slab Lasers
9. Nd:YAG Ceramic ThinZag High-Power Laser
10. Thin-Disc Lasers
11. Heat-Capacity Lasers
12. Ultrafast Solid-State Lasers
13. Ultrafast Lasers in Thin-Disk Geometry
14. The National Ignition Facility Laser
Part 4: Fiber Lasers
15. Introduction to Optical Fiber Lasers
16. Pulsed Fiber Lasers
17. High-Power Ultrafast Fiber Laser Systems
18. High-Power Fiber Lasers for Industry and Defense
Part 5: Beam Combining
19. Beam Combining
Index