Contents
Preface............................................................................................................................................................................................. ix
Editors.............................................................................................................................................................................................. xi
Contributors...................................................................................................................................................................................xiii
1. Solid-State Lasers: Section Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 1
R. C. Powell
2. Transition Metal Ion Lasers-Cr3+....................................................................................................................................... 3
Georges Boulon
3. Transition Metal Ion Lasers Other Than Cr3+................................................................................................................... 25
Stephen A. Payne
4. Rare-Earth Ion Lasers-Nd3+............................................................................................................................................. 35
A. I. Zagumennyi, V. A. Mikhailov, and I. A. Shcherbakov
5. Rare-Earth Ions-Miscellaneous: Ce3+, U3+, Divalent, etc............................................................................................... 55
Gregory J. Quarles
6. Ti:sapphire: Material, Lasers and Amplifiers................................................................................................................... 69
Peter F. Moulton, Alan R. Fry, and Peter Fendel
7. Lanthanide Series Lasers-Near-Infrared........................................................................................................................ 83
Norman P. Barnes
8. Lasers Based on Non-Linear Effects..................................................................................................................................101
Fabienne Pellé
9. Solid-State Raman Lasers.................................................................................................................................................. 127
T. T. Basiev and R. C. Powell
10. Colour Centre Lasers...........................................................................................................................................................151
T. T. Basiev, P. G. Zverev, and S. B. Mirov
11. Laser Diodes: Section Introduction....................................................................................................................................167
Ian White
12. Basic Principles of Laser Diodes........................................................................................................................................ 169
Niloy K. Dutta
13. Spectral Control in Laser Diodes...................................................................................................................................... 195
Markus-Christian Amann
14. High-Speed Laser Diodes....................................................................................................................................................211
Peter P. Vasil'ev
15. High-Power Laser Diodes an
