Metal Vapour Ion Lasers: Kinetic Processes and Gas Discharges

ISBN-13: 9780471955634 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 300 str.

I. G. Ivanov; E. L. Latush; M. F. Sem

Opis

This account offers an introduction to kinetic processes in gas laser discharges in general. It contains information from Russian research giving an international overview of this topic. The authors include a list of all known laser transitions of metal vapour ion lasers for the reader to use in their daily work. Further, they detail methods used for excitation and the rates of many of the important kinetic processes in these lasers.

Spis treści

Pumping Mechanisms and Methods of Establishing Population Inversion.

Gas Discharges Used in Metal Vapour Ion Lasers.

Pulsed Metal Vapour Ion Lasers with Positive–Column Discharge Excitation.

Metal Vapour Ion Lasers Using Recombining Plasmas.

Positive–Column Excitation of CW Metal Vapour Ion Lasers.

Metal Vapour Ion Lasers Excited by Fast Electrons.

Multi–Colour CW Metal Vapour Ion Lasers.

Appendices.

References.

Index.

Blurb

Metal vapour ion lasers are a mature class of gas laser for which a number of applications has developed in recent years. This is the first book to appear in the English language on this topic, and concentrates on the physical processes which occur in the laser, in particular the kinetic processes which are responsible for the pumping of excited ion levels, and the production of population inversion. The most important types of electrical discharges used in this class of laser are discussed in detail, and all the major types of metal vapour ion laser are examined. A highly useful appendix tabulates all the known transitions used in metal vapour ion lasers. Metal Vapour Ion Lasers: Kinetic Processes and Gas Discharges provides a much needed review of this important field. It identifies current problem areas, and points to future research directions. It is an invaluable source for all those, both in industry and academia, working on the development or applications of metal vapour ion lasers, and for all those involved in gas laser research. It will also be of great interest to all those interested in the physics of gas discharges. The authors and translators have been involved with some of the key advances in the field over recent years.