Denker B., Shklovsky E. (eds.) Handbook of Solid-State Lasers: Materials, Systems and Applications

Woodhead Publishing, 2013. - 660 pp.
Solid state lasers are widely used in medicine, industry, scientific research, military and remote sensing applications. They comprise a dominant part of the overall laser market and are quickly replacing gas lasers for many applications due to their desirable characteristics such as good reliability and robustness, a high level of safety, user friendliness, compact size and a low cost to performance ratio. They can be maintenance free, suitable for high volume production and they are becoming available in a wide range of wavelengths.
Leading contributing specialists provide a description of laser theory, the characterization of the main laser parameters, the principles of the operation of lasers, a classification of laser materials, and a review of the different types of lasers. The final section is devoted to solid-state laser applications in different technological processes, such as medicine, including surgery and ophthalmology, defense science, and environmental protection.Solid-state laser materials
Oxide laser crystals doped with rare earth and transition metal ions (by K. Petermann).
Fluoride laser crystals (by R. Moncorge, A. Braud, P. Camy and J. L. Doualan).
Oxide laser ceramics (by V. B. Kravchenko and Y. L. Kopylov).
Fluoride laser ceramics (by P. P. Fedorov).
Neodymium, erbium and ytterbium laser glasses (by V. I. Arbuzov and N. V. Nikonorov).
Nonlinear crystals for solid-state lasers (by V. Pasiskevicius).
Solid-state laser systems and their applications
Principles of solid-state lasers (by N. N. Il'ichev).
Powering solid-state lasers (by C. R. Hardy).
Operation regimes for solid-state lasers (by R. Paschotta).
Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) and neodymium-doped yttrium orthovanadate (Nd:YVO4) (by A. Agnesi and F. Pirzio).
System sizing issues with diode-pumped quasi-three-level materials (by A. Jolly).
Neodymium doped lithium yttrium fluoride (Nd:YLiF4) lasers (by N. U. Wetter).
Erbium (Er) glass lasers (by B. I. Denker, B. I. Galagan and S. E. Sverchkov).
Microchip lasers (by J. J. Zayhowski).
Fiber lasers (by B. Samson and L. Dong).
Mid-infrared optical parametric oscillators (by M. Henriksson).
Raman lasers (by H. M. Park and J. A. Piper).
Cryogenic lasers (by D. Rand, J. Hybl and T. Y. Fan).
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) (by C. Pasquini).
Surgical solid-state lasers and their clinical applications (by D. G. Kochnev, A. V. Lukashev, I. A. Shcherbakov and S. K. Vartapetov).
Solid-state lasers (SSL) in defense programs (by Y. Kalisky).
Environmental applications of solid-state lasers (by A. Czitrovszky).