InTech, 2012, 544 pages, ISBN: 9535107965 9789535107965This book discusses aspects of laser pulses generation, characterization, and practical applications. Some new achievements in theory, experiments, and design are demonstrated. The book includes examples of very delicate laser operation in biomedical areas and extremely high power systems used for material processing and water purification. This book will be useful for engineers and managers, for professors and students, and for those who are interested in laser science and technologies.The introductive chapter shortly overviews the physical principles of pulsed lasers operation with pulse durations from seconds to yoctoseconds. A theory of mode-locking, based on the optical noise concept, is discussed. With this approximation, all paradoxes of ultrashort laser pulse formation have been explained.ContentsIntroduction
Time and LightPulsed World
Femtosecond Laser Cavity Characterization
All Solid-State Passively Mode-Locked Ultrafast Lasers Based on Nd, Yb, and Cr Doped Media
Longitudinally Excited C02 LaserCutting and Shooting
Ultrashort Laser Pulses Machining
Diagnostics of a Crater Growth and Plasma Jet Evolution on Laser Pulse Materials Processing
Interaction of Femtosecond Laser Pulses with Solids: Electron/Phonon/Plasmon Dynamics
Kinetics and Dynamics of Phase Transformations in Metals Under Action of Ultra-Short High-Power Laser Pulses
Direct Writing in Polymers with Femtosecond Laser Pulses: Physics and Applications
Holographic Fabrication of Periodic Microstructures by Interfered Femtosecond Laser PulsesUnusual Applications
Ion Acceleration by High Intensity Short Pulse Lasers
Progress in High Average Power, Short Pulse Solid State Laser Technology for Compton X-Ray Sources
Ge02 Films with Ge-Nanoclusters in Layered Compositions: Structural Modifications with Laser Pulses
Jet Engine Based Mobile Gas Dynamic C02 Laser for Water Surface CleaningSeeing Invisible
Single-Molecule Recognition and Dynamics with Pulsed Laser Excitation
Ultrashort Laser Pulses for Frequency Upconversion
Generation of Tunable THz Pulses
