Ultrashort Pulse Laser Technology: Laser Sources and Applications

✍ Scribed by S. Nolte, F. Schrempel, F. Dausinger (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 365
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences 195
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Ultrashort laser pulses with durations in the femtosecond range up to a few picoseconds provide a unique method for precise materials processing or medical applications. Paired with the recent developments in ultrashort pulse lasers, this technology is finding its way into various application fields. The book gives a comprehensive overview of the principles and applications of ultrashort pulse lasers, especially applied to medicine and production technology. Recent advances in laser technology are discussed in detail. This covers the development of reliable and cheap low power laser sources as well as high average power ultrashort pulse lasers for large scale manufacturing. The fundamentals of laser-matter-interaction as well as processing strategies and the required system technology are discussed for these laser sources with respect to precise materials processing. Finally, different applications within medicine, measurement technology or materials processing are highlighted.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
High Energy/High Repetition Rate Laser Pulses from Yb Based Solid State Oscillators with Cavity-Dumping and Regenerative Amplifiers....Pages 3-22
High Power Femtosecond Diode Lasers....Pages 23-46
Femtosecond Mode-Locked Semiconductor Disk Lasers....Pages 47-74
Compact Ultrafast Oscillators and High Performance Ultrafast Amplifiers Based on Ytterbium-Doped Fibers....Pages 75-91
Ultrafast Thin-Disk Lasers....Pages 93-115
High-Average Power Ultrafast Yb:Innoslab-Amplifier....Pages 117-134
Few-Cycle Mid-Infrared OPCPA System....Pages 135-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Micromachining....Pages 155-173
Drilling with Ultrashort Laser Pulses at High Repetition Rates....Pages 175-200
Processing Techniques and System Technology for Precise and Productive Microdrilling in Metals....Pages 201-230
Surface Structuring of Metallic Materials....Pages 231-244
Beam Guidance, Focal Position Shifting and Beam Profile Shaping in Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Materials Processing....Pages 245-281
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
Femtosecond Lentotomy: A Prospect for a Treatment to Regain the Accommodation Ability....Pages 285-309
Towards Industrial Inspection with THz Systems....Pages 311-335
Laser-Triggered Electron Source for X-Ray Applications....Pages 337-349
Back Matter....Pages 351-358

✦ Subjects

Laser Technology, Photonics; Optics and Electrodynamics; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films; Medical and Radiation Physics