Advanced Lasers: Laser Physics and Technology for Applied and Fundamental Science

✍ Scribed by Oleksiy Shulika, Igor Sukhoivanov (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 238
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences 193
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Presenting a blend of applied and fundamental research in highly interdisciplinary subjects of rapidly developing areas, this book contains contributions on the frontiers and hot topics of laser physics, laser technology and laser engineering, and covers a wide range of laser topics, from all-optical signal processing and chaotic optical communication to production of superwicking surfaces, correction of extremely high-power beams, and generation of ultrabroadband spectra. It presents both review-type contributions and well researched and documented case studies, and is intended for graduate students, young scientist, and emeritus scientist working/studying in laser physics, optoelectronics, optics, photonics, and adjacent areas. The book contains both experimental and theoretical studies, as well as combinations of these two, which is known to be a most useful and interesting form of reporting scientific results, allowing students to really learn from each contribution. The book contains over 130 illustrations.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Recent Progress in Polarization-Bistable VCSELs and Their Applications to All-Optical Signal Processing....Pages 1-17
Tunable Lasers Based on Multimode Interference Effects....Pages 19-33
Whispering Gallery Mode Microdisk Resonator with Dynamic Material Properties....Pages 35-48
Superradiant Lasing and Collective Dynamics of Active Centers with Polarization Lifetime Exceeding Photon Lifetime....Pages 49-69
The Control of Energy, Temporal and Spatial Characteristics a Microchip Laser with Active Output Mirror....Pages 71-84
Recent Advances in Secure Transmission with Chaotic Carriers....Pages 85-100
Superwicking Surfaces Produced by Femtosecond Laser....Pages 101-115
Optical Processors as Conceptual Tools for Designing Nonconventional Devices....Pages 117-146
Description of the Dynamics of Charged Particles in Electric Fields: An Approach Using Fractional Calculus....Pages 147-158
Sub- and Nanosecond Pulsed Lasers Applied to the Generation of Broad Spectrum in Standard and Microstructured Optical Fibers....Pages 159-172
Extremely High Power CO2 Laser Beam Correction....Pages 173-181
Measurements of Intense and Wide-Aperture Laser Radiation Parameters with Thinwire Bolometers....Pages 183-197
Spectral and Lasing Characteristics of Some Red and Nir Laser Dyes in Silica Matrices....Pages 199-212
Interpretation of the Time Delay in the Ionization of Coulomb Systems by Attosecond Laser Pulses....Pages 213-230
Back Matter....Pages 231-234

✦ Subjects

Laser Technology, Photonics; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Optical and Electronic Materials