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Koechner's well-known 'bible' on solid-state laser engineering is now available in an accessible format at the graduate level. Numerous exercises with hints for solution, new text and updated material where needed make this text very accessible.
Koechner's solid-state laser enginnering is a must for everybody doingresearch and development in this field. The new book on solid-statelasers is taylormade at tha graduate level at a reasonable size withexercises and updated material.
Overview of the History, Performance Characteristics, and Applications of Solid-State Lasers.- Energy Transfer Between Radiation and Atomic Transitions.- Properties of Solid-State Laser Materials.- Laser Oscillator.- Laser Amplifier.- Optical Resonator.- Optical Pump Systems.- Thermo-Optic Effects.- Q-Switching.- Mode-Locking.- Nonlinear Devices.