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Preface xiii
1. Introduction 1
2. Tunable Laser Complementarity 4
3. GoalofThisBook 5
References 6
and Intracavity Dispersion
F. J. Duarte
1. Introduction 9
2. Dispersive Oscillator Configurations 10

vi Contents
3. Physical Dimensions 15
4. Generalized Interference Equation 16
5. Dispersion Linewidth Equation 17
6. Beam Divergence 19
7. In tracavity Dispersion 19
8. Intracavity Multiple-Prism Dispersion and Pulse
Compression 23
9. Transmission Efficiency of Multiple-Prism
Arrays 24
10. Wavelength Tuning 26
Appendix: Dispersion of Multiple-Prism Arrays
and 4
x 4 Transfer Matrices
29
References
3 1
D. G. Harris
1. Introduction 33
2. Excimer Active Media 35
3. Tuning of Discharge and Electron Beam Pumped
Excimer Lasers 41
4. Discharge Excimer Lasers 53
References 59
Charles Freed
1. Introduction 63
2. Vibrational Energy-Level Structive of the CO,
Molecule 65
3. Rotational Energy-Level Substructure of the CO,
Molecule 69
4. Processes Governing the Excitation of Regular Band
Laser Transitions
in CO, 1
7
5. Additional Characteristics of Regular Band CO,
Lasers Transitions 74
6. Lineshape Functions and Broadening Due to Gas
Pressure and Doppler Shift in CO, Gas
76
7. Spectral Purity and Short-Term Stability 79

Con tents vi
8. Long-Term Line-Center Stabilization of CO,
Lasers 82
9. Absolute Frequencies of Regular Band Lasing
Transitions in Nine CO, Isotopic Species 95
10. Pressure Shifts in Line-Center-Stabilized CO,
Lasers 137
1
1. Small-Signal Gain and Saturation Intensity of
Regular Band Lasing Transitions
in Sealed-off
CO, Isotope Lasers 144
12. Laser Design 149
13. Spanning the Frequency Range between Line-Center
Stabilized CO, Laser Transitions 154
14. Spectroscopic Use of
CO, Lasers outside Their
Fundamental 8.9- to 12.4-pm Wavelength Range
159
References 16 1
1. Introduction 167
172
2. Laser-Pumped Pulsed Dye Lasers
3. Flashlamp-Pumped Dye Lasers 179
4. cw Laser-Pumped Dye Lasers
184
5. Femtosecond-Pulsed Dye Lasers 191
6. Solid-state Dye Lasers 195
Appendix of Laser Dyes 200
References 215
Transition Metal Solid-state Lasers
Norman P. Barnes
1. Introduction 219
2. Transition Metal and Lanthanide Series Lasers 225
3. Physics of Transition Metal Lasers
232
4. Cr:A1,0, 246
5. Cr:BeA1,04 251
6. Ti:Al,O, 258
7. Cr:LiCaA1F6 and Cr:LiSrAlF, 263
8. Cr:GSGG, Cr:YSAG, and Cr:GSAG 270
9. Co:MgF,, Ni:MgF,, and VMgF,
275
18. Wavelength Control Methods 281
References 288

viii Contents
Norman P. Barnes
Introduction 293
1.
Parametric Interactions 297
2.
Parametric Oscillation 301
3.
306
Spectral Bandwidth and Acceptance Angles
4.
Birefringence Effects 3 14
5.
Average Power Limitations 3 17
6.
Nonlinear Crystals 321
7.
Phase-Matching Calculations 328
8.
Performance 334
9.
Tuning 343
10.
References 345
Tunable External-Cavity
Semiconductor Lasers
Paul Zorabedian
Introduction 349
1.
Semiconductor Optical Gain Media 352
2.
Classes of External-Cavity Lasers 368
3.
First-Order Properties 370
4.
Feedback Model 375
5.
External-Cavity Design 377
6.
Cavity Components 383
7.
Survey
398
8. of External-Cavity Laser Designs
407
Mode Selectivity
9. of Grating Cavities
Phase-Continuous Tuning 409
10.
11. Characterization Methods for External-Cavity
Lasers 412
Measurement
of Facet and External-Cavity
12.
Reflectances 4 12
Multimode Suppression 417
13.
Multiple-Wavelength Operation 420
14.
Wavelength Stabilization 42 1
15.
Advanced Modeling Topics 422
16.
Construction and Packaging 427
17.
Applications 430
18.
References 435

Contents iX
Stephen Vincent Benson
1. Introduction 443
450
2. Methods of Wavelength Tuning
456
3. Broadly Tunable Optical Cavities
4. Wiggler Considerations 459
5. Tunable Laser Facilities and Their
Characteristics 460
6. Summary 468
References 468
Index 471
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