Optical Resonators: Fundamentals, Advanced Concepts and Applications

✍ Scribed by Dr. rer. nat. Norman Hodgson, Prof. Dr. Ing. Horst Weber (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer London
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 666
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Geometrical Optics....Pages 7-51
Wave Optics....Pages 53-113
Polarization....Pages 115-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
The Fabry Perot Resonator....Pages 137-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Stable Resonators....Pages 165-222
Resonators on the Stability Limits....Pages 223-235
Unstable Resonators....Pages 237-280
Resonators with Internal Optical Elements....Pages 281-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
The Active Medium....Pages 303-326
Output Power of Laser Resonators....Pages 327-346
Influence of Gain on Mode Structure and Loss....Pages 347-366
Resonators with Variable Internal Lenses....Pages 367-412
Resonators with Several Active Media....Pages 413-422
Misalignment Sensitivity of the Output Power....Pages 423-443
Resonators with Internal Nonlinear Elements....Pages 445-481
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Prism Resonators....Pages 485-494
Fourier Transform Resonators....Pages 495-504
Hybrid Resonators....Pages 505-542
Resonators for Annular Gain Media....Pages 543-560
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Ring Resonators....Pages 561-570
Single Mode Resonators....Pages 571-579
Front Matter....Pages 581-581
Measurement of Laser Head Parameters....Pages 583-604
Measurement of Laser Beam Parameters....Pages 605-617
Back Matter....Pages 619-659

✦ Subjects

Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation;Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices