Laser modeling : a numerical approach with algebra and calculus /: a numerical approach with algebra and calculus. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Steven Csele.
• Authors: Csele, Mark
• Contents: Basic Laser Processes; The Laser and Laser Light; Atomic Processes of the Laser; Example: Emission of Thermal Light; Three- and Four-Level Schemes; Example: Achieving Inversion in a Three-Level Laser; Rate Equations; Level Lifetime; Example: Lifetime of HeNe Energy Levels; Laser Gain; Example: Gain in a HeNe Amplifier; Losses in a Laser; Cavity Optics; Example: Stability of a HeNe Cavity; Optical Characteristics (Longitudinal and Transverse Modes); Threshold Gain ; Gain and Loss: Achieving Lasing; The Gain Threshold Equation; Example: Threshold Gain of a HeNe Laser; Example: Threshold Gain of a Non-Uniformly Pumped Ruby Laser; Example: Handling Distributed Losses; The Tale of Two Gains: g0 and gth; Application of gth: Determining g0; Example: Determining the Gain of a HeNe Laser; Example: Determining the Gain of a YAG Laser; An Atomic View of Gain: Cross-Section; Example: Calculating the Cross-Section of Transitions; Applications of the Gain Threshold Equation: Designing Laser Optics; Example: Calculating Minimum Reflectivity; Example: Calculating Cavity Optic Reflectivities; Example: Polarization in a HeNe Laser; A Theoretical Prediction of Pumping Threshold; Example: Minimum Pump Power of a YAG Laser; Example: Minimum Pump Power of a Diode Laser; Gain Saturation ; Gain is Not Constant; A Third Gain Figure: Saturated Gain; Saturation Intensity; Example: Calculating the Saturation Power of a HeNe Transition; Saturated Gain and Intra-Cavity Power; Slope Efficiency; Predicting Output Power; Example: Predicting the Output Power of a HeNe Laser; Minimum Pump Power Revisited; Alternative Notations; A Model for Power Development in a Laser; Example: Modeling Power Buildup in a HeNe Laser; Improving the Model for use with High Gain Lasers; Example: Comparing Models for a Semiconductor Laser; Determining Cavity Decay Parameters; Example: Decay in a HeNe Laser; Analytical Solutions ; The Rigrod Approach; Example: Predicting Output Power using the Rigrod Approach; Example: Application to a High Gain Laser; Ring Lasers; Example: A Ring Laser Example; Optimal Output Coupling; Example: Predicting Optimal Cavity Optics; Thermal Issues ; Thermal Populations and Re-absorption Loss; Quasi-Three-Level Systems; Example: Estimating the Thermal Population of LLLs; Quantum Defect Heating; Example: Quantum Defect Calculations; Thermal Populations at Threshold; Example: Minimum Pump Power of a 946nm YAG Laser; Example: Computing Fractional Populations; Thermal Populations in an Operating Laser; Example: Pumping a 946nm Nd:YAG Laser; Thermal Effects on Laser Diodes; Modeling the Effects of Temperature on Laser Diodes (Wavelength); Example: Predicting the Effect of Diode Wavelength Shift on Vanadate; Thermal Effects on Laser Diodes (Power and Threshold); Example: Experimentally Determining Characteristic Temperature; Low Power DPSS Design; Scaling DPSS Lasers to High Powers; Generating Massive Inversions: Q-Switching; Inversion Buildup; Q-Switch Loss; Example: Minimum Loss of a Q-Switch; AOM Switches; Example: Bragg Angle in a Q-Switch; Example: AOM Deflection; EOM Switches; Example: Determining the Gain of a Laser using an EOM; Example: An Imperfectly-Aligned EOM; Passive Q-Switches; Example: A Passive Q-Switch; A Model for Pulse Power; Example: Output Power of a Q-Switched Laser; Multiple Pulse Output; Example: Predicting Q-Switch Settings for a Double-Pulse Laser; Modeling Flashlamp-Pumped Lasers; Example: Calculating the Time for Peak Inversion; Example: Calibrating the Model; Repetitively-Pulsed Q-Switched Lasers; Giant First Pulse; Ultrafast Lasers: Modelocking; Example: Modelocking Rate and Laser Size; Non-Linear Optics ; Origins of Non-Linear Effects; Phase Matching; Non-Linear Materials; Practical Conversion Efficiency; Applications to Laser Design; Example: Intra- and Extra-Cavity Intensities; Application to DPSS Design; The Simple Approach; The Rigrod Approach; Example: A Small Green "Laser Pointer" DPSS; Common Lasers and Parameters ; CW Gas Lasers; The Helium-Neon (HeNe) Gas Laser; Ion Gas Lasers; The Carbon-Dioxide Gas Laser; Pulsed Gas Lasers; TEA CO2 Lasers; Excimer Gas Lasers; Semiconductor (Diode) Lasers; Solid State Lasers; The Ruby Laser; Side-Pumped Nd:YAG Lasers; End-Pumped Nd:YAG Lasers; Other YAG Lasers; Other Solid-State Lasers
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 621.3660151; Lasers -- Mathematical models; Laser beams -- Mathematical models; Numerical analysis
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466582514
• Related ISBNs: 9781466582507
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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