Four chapters deal with the basic subsystems of solid state lasers. Since the early 80s, most authors are considering that to enable high. Optics and lasers in engineering vol 54, pages 1274 march. Optics and lasers in engineering vol 54, pages 1274. Laser cladding laser cladding ehsan toyserkani amir khajepour stephen corbin crc pr e s s boca raton london new york. This book, written from an industrial vantage point, describes the characteristics, design, and operation of solidstate lasers. Junior laser manufacturing engineer this is an exciting opportunity to join onefive in regensdorf, switzerland. Solidstate laser engineering walter koechner springer. Solid state laser engineering is mainly intended for the practicing scientist or engineer who is interested in.
Solidstate laser engineering walter koechner download. Experimental and theoretical study of the laser micromachining of glass using high repetitionrate ultrafast laser. The main difficulty for the high power solid state laser is the thermal effects induced in the solid gain medium by the pumping light. Suppression of spatial hole burning in a solidstate laser. Department of electrical engineering communications and computer cce department of civil and infrastructure engineering cie. We present a linenarrowing 193nm solid state laser with a kbbf prismcoupled device. All solid state devices can meet these requirements but. Emphasis is placed on contributions targeted at the practical use of methods and devices, the. They also discuss applications of the principles of crystalfield engineering to a variety of optical crystals in relation to the performances of laser devices. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Solidstate lasers a graduate text walter koechner springer. Optics and lasers in engineering aims at providing an international forum for the interchange of information on the development of optical techniques and laser technology in engineering.
Written from an industrial perspective, it provides a detailed discussion of, and data for, solid state lasers, their characteristics, design and construction. Solidstate laser engineering springer series in optical sciences 1, band 1 walter koechner isbn. Written from an industrial perspective, solidstate laser engineering discusses in detail the characteristics, design, construction, and performance of solid state lasers. Solid state lasers have seen a fast and steady development and are the ubiquitous tool both for research and industrial applications. Emphasis is placed on engineering and practical considerations, with a phenomenological treatment using modelsbeing preferred to abstract mathematical derivations. Walter koechner solidstate laser engineering fourth extensively revised and updated edition with 449 figures springer. This book, written from an industrial vantage point, describ. Using actual laser systems from major companies as examples, the book provides an opportunity to apply skills.
This laser can attain very high intensity in the gain medium due to shrinkage of its beam waist to match the pump beam and therefore most of its gain is depleted even by a standing wave. The book is aimed mainly at the practicing scientist or engineer who is interested in the design or use of solid state lasers, but the comprehensive treatment of the subject will make the work useful also to students of laser physics who seek to supplement their theoretical knowledge with engineering information. Allsolidstate devices can meet these requirements but. Solidstate laser engineering springer series in optical sciences 1.
Emphasis is placed on engineering and practical considerations. New type of solid state laser for several kilowatts is discussed. This book has once again been updated to keep pace with recent developments and to maintain koechner s position as the bible of the field. A solid state laser is a laser that uses a gain medium that is a solid. Homogeneous broadening is a type of emission spectrum broadening in which all atoms radiating from a specific level under consideration radiate with equal opportunity. Unit i laser engineering physics introduction laser stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. The laser used in this work is a pulsed diodepumped nd. The expert design and engineering of the i4 laser range produces a significant power level output from an efficient and compact package. Solid state laser for historical reasons, solidstate lasers are lasers in which active ions in crystal or glass host materials are optically pumped to create a population inversion other types of lasers that employ solidstate gain media are semiconductor lasers and optical fiber lasers and amplifiers. Laser pumping is the act of energy transfer from an external source into the gain medium of a laser. The book also introduces nonlinear optics and covers important support technologies. German is an asset to take full advantage of our unique position in the center of europe and at the language border between german and french laser communities. Solidstate laser engineering 5th edition walter koechner. The main difficulty for the high power solidstate laser is the thermal effects induced in the solid gain medium by the pumping light.
Onefive is part of nkt photonics a dynamic, international, hightech company with facilities in switzerland, denmark, germany, usa, china, and england. Diode pumped solid state laser cw tokyoinstruments,inc. New type of solidstate laser for several kilowatts is discussed. Optics and lasers in engineering vol 45, issue 1, pages 1. Solidstate laser engineering springer series in optical.
Solidstate transformation produced by laser treatment and. Standing of the basic principles and engineering issues of solid state lasers, as well. Gdvo 4, it was theoretically predicted and experimentally verified that a diodeendpumped tm. Nanotechnology has made it possible to achieve high transparency, largesize, homogeneous solid state laser materials. An oscillator followed by one or more amplifiers is a common architecture in pulsed solid state laser systems to boost. The device uses only solid state components and is based on a capacitor bank discharge. Solidstate lasers um personal world wide web server. An oscillator followed by one or more amplifiers is a common architecture in pulsed solid state laser systems to boost output energy. Operating at 1064nm with single longitudinal mode the i4 can produce in excess of 1 watt continuous wave laser emission. Solid state lasers a graduate text w koechner, m bass pdf. This book will be of considerable interest to physical, chemical and material scientists and to engineers involved in the science and technology of solid state lasers.
Successful incorporation into military electrooptics systems requires laser sources that are compact, reliable, versatile, and inexpensive. So, in order to reach the power of 200kw there would be a need for 400 such laser modules. Power scaling concept for solidstate lasers based on a. Written from an industrial perspective, solid state laser engineering discusses in detail the characteristics, design, construction, and performance of solid state lasers. Solid state laser engineering is mainly intended for the practicing scientist or engineer who is interested in the design or use of solid state lasers. Solid state laser engineering is written from an industrial perspective and discusses in detail the characteristics, design, construction and practical problems of solid state lasers. Jun 14, 20 power scaling concept for solid state lasers based on a rotating cavity configuration power scaling concept for solid state lasers based on a rotating cavity configuration a laser architecture for scaling output power and avoiding deleterious thermal effects based on a resonator with a rotating periscope is described.
Computer modelling and numerical simulation of the solid. Steady progress through the decades article pdf available in optics and photonics news 205 may 2009 with 80 reads how we measure reads. Solid state laser engineering pdf solid state lasers. Solid state laser engineering by walter koechner springerverlag 1965. Good oral and written english is a must for our scientific and engineering environment, as well as participation in international workshops, trainings and collaborations. In this college text the material has been streamlined by deleting cer. The development of solid state ultrafast lasers has increased the understanding of the physics and engineering of solidstate lasers and related optical materials, where the management of. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read.
The present graduate text on solid state lasers takes advantage of this rich source by focusing on the needs at the. Fast switching of the discharge is triggered by an i. In 1960, the first laser device was developed by t. It also incorporates material on basic laser safety and summarizes basic optics commonly used in laser engineering. The theoretical basis for the development of laser was provided by albert einstein in 1917. Solidstate laser engineering pdf free download epdf. It could be shown by xray diffractograms xrd of the two type of products, that by mechanical alloying a similar phase transformation occurs due to solid state reactions between the metal partners as in the case of laser sintering, in a given range of laser scanning speed in a laboratory laser equipment. Heriotwatt university national laser centre, csir mid. Solid state lasers which offer multiple desirable qualities, including enhanced reliability, robustness, efficiency and wavelength diversity, are absolutely indispensable for many applications. After presenting an indepth literature study of the promising material tm. The authors monograph solid state lasers has become the mostused reference book in this area.