Laser Handbook (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Laser Handbook 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Preface 6
List of contributors 10
Chapter 1. Experimental and theoretical aspects of the free-electron laser 12
1. Introduction 14
2. Synchrotron radiation emission 17
3. A brief survey of the main features of the zero-angle emission in an undulator magnet 24
4. Synchrotron radiation stimulated emission 30
5. Inhomogeneous broadening of the radiation emitted by a charged particle in an undulator magnet 42
6. The Stanford free electron laser 48
7. Quantum FEL theory. Prologue 65
8. Classical FEL theory. Introductory remarks 82
9. Experimental activity on free-electron devices 108
Chapter 2. Color center lasers 154
1. Introduction 156
2. The basic physics of laser-active color centers 160
3. Processes for color center formation 185
4. Optical gain 199
5. Color center laser cavities 201
6. Laser performance 213
Cited references 235
Chapter 3. The multioscillator ring laser gyroscope 240
1. Introduction 242
2. The multioscillator ring laser gyro concept 244
3. Nonplanar ring resonators 257
4. Error sources and performance limits 294
5. Multioscillator ring laser gyro performance 329
Acknowledgement 338
References 338
Chapter 4. Nonlinear optical phase conjugation 344
1. Introduction 346
2. NOPC via optical parametric interactions 369
3. NOPC via stimulated scattering processes 419
4. NOPC via hybrid NLO interactions 426
5. Selected experimental demonstrations of NOPC 430
6. Selected applications using NOPC 442
7. Conclusions 478
Acknowledgements 478
References 494
Chapter 5. Optical bistability 498
Introduction 500
2. Steady-state characteristics and modes of operation of bistable optical devices 502
3. The dynamic response of bistable optical devices 533
4. Summary 560
Additional references 565
Author index 570
Subject index 594