Properties of Optical and Laser-Related Materials: A Handbook

ISBN-13: 9780471973843 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 614 str.

D. N. Nikogosyan; David Nikogosyan

Opis

The 125 most common optical and laser-related materials frequently used in laser physics and technology, optics and spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, quantum electronics and laser applications are featured in this handbook. It discusses classical properties and those appearing in the last three decades since the invention of lasers. The material is presented in a tabular form and contains more than 1,000 references.

Spis treści

Laser Materials and Their Hosts.

Nonliner Optical Crystals.

Main Optical Materials.

Alkali and Alkaline Earth Halides.

Oxides, Sulfides, Selenides and Tellurides.

Semiconductors and Other Crystalline Materials.

Glasses and Polymers.

Liquids.

Gases.

Appendix.

References.

Index.

Blurb

Properties of Optical and Laser–Related Materials–A Handbook offers the reader a self–contained, concise and up–to–date collection of the key properties of 125 of the most common and important optical materials used in modern optics, laser physics and technology, spectroscopy and laser spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, quantum electronics and laser applications. This comprehensive volume presents not only the classical properties but also those that have appeared in the three decades since the invention of the laser. The presentation of the material is given in a clear tabular form with more than 1000 references. A wide variety of readers, ranging from workers in both industry and academia, to lecturers and students at postgraduate and undergraduate levels, will find Properties of Optical and Laser–Related Materials–A Handbook an invaluable resource.