Laser Resonators and the Beam Divergence Problem

ISBN-13: 9780750301466 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 442 str.

Y. A. Anan'ev; Yu Ananev

Opis

Professor Yurii A. Anan'ev has a long-standing international reputation for his publications on optical beams and resonators. Now many of his contributions will be readily available for the first time in a book. The generation of maximum power, minimum divergence beams from laser resonators is probably the most important topic in quantum electronics and optics today. The only book of its kind, Laser Resonators and the Beam Divergence Problem covers not only the theory, but also the applications of resonators to real systems as opposed to idealized models. Each rigorous examination of an optical configuration is accompanied by a detailed discussion of its associated applications and of the considerations for the user in practical work. The book contains a wealth of information on the developments in resonator technology, including much material previously unavailable outside the Soviet Union. It is an essential reference source to every researcher in laser science and technology.

Recenzje

"Experienced professionals working in the field may find this book a useful reference work to have in their personal library. … an excellent bibliography of the huge amount of research done in this area by researchers in the former Soviet Union."
-Optics & Photonics News

"… a timely and comprehensive treatment of the principles of laser resonators … a valuable resource to laser physicists as well as those scientists and engineers who wish to apply laser beams …"
-Australian and New Zealand Physicist

"… should be in every laboratory concerned with laser development …"
-Laser and Optoelektronik

"This book is an excellent reference work for the laser physics specialist and postgraduate worker involved in laser resonator design."
-Laser Magazine

"… the first book to deal specifically with the subject of beam divergence and it is difficult to believe that there will be a better one … this book brings together virtually all the relevant data and turns it into a coherent whole. … a quite outstanding book … a pleasure to handle and read … will surely be the definitive treatise for many years."
-Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Spis treści

Foreword by A E Siegman. Introduction. The laws of light beam propagation. Ideal resonators. Basic concepts concerning the properties of real resonators and the processes occurring in them. Resonator applications and special configurations. The simplest causes of aberrations and methods of wave-front correction. Appendices. References. Index.

O autorze

Yurii A. Anan'ev (St Petersburg Technical University, Russia) (Author)