Overview
- Comprehensively covers laser resonators and beam propagation from theory to application
- The expanded and updated third edition features new sections on adaptive optics and mode-locked laser resonators
- Well-structured text and self-contained chapters make this an ideal book for both newcomers and experts alike
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 108)
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About this book
The long-anticipated third edition features considerable expansions and updates, with a new section on ultrafast pulse generation and propagation and mode-locked laser resonators. These, combined with the carefully structured text and autonomous nature of the chapters, make the book ideal for newcomers and invaluable to specialists in both academic and industry research.
Keywords
- Ray Transfer Matrices
- Fabry Perot Interferometer
- Polarization in Optical Resonators
- Segmented Polarizers
- Passive Open Resonators
- Stable and Unstable Resonators
- Q-switched Laser Resonators
- Modelocked Laser Resonator
- Nonlinear Resonators
- Measurement of Laser Parameters
- Laser Damage Threshold of Optical Materials
- Ring Resonators
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Horst Weber studied at the Technical University Berlin at the Department of Physics, and received 1961 his Diploma degree in the field of electron-optics. Then for more than 40 years he worked on solid state lasers, dye-lasers, laser material processing, dielectric coatings and ultra-short pulses. 1970 he became university lecturer and 1972 associate professor at the University of Berne (Switzerland). Topics in this time were diode lasers, ultra-short pulses, satellite ranging and laser plasma interaction. In 1975 he joined the Physics Department of the University Kaiserslautern (Germany) as full professor. Main activities were multi-kW solid state lasers, optical resonators, laser induced plasmas and dielectric coatings. 1987 he returned to the Optical Institute (Technical University Berlin) and became general manager of the Solid State Laser Institute, later the Laser and Medicine Technology Berlin. The applied research was performed in close connection with the German Industry in the field of high power solid state lasers, diode pumped solid state lasers and laser-material processing. A new research group working on the characterization of laser radiation was established, which was strongly involved in the European normalization activities.
He was/is member of the Swiss Association of Optics, the German Scientific Association of Laser Technology (Chairman), the German Physical Society, State Board Lasertechnology Huazhong University (Wuhan PR China), Laser Association Berlin/Brandenburg (Chairman), European Physical Society, Advisory Board of the Laser Congress and Exhibition Munich. He was editor of the series Optical Sciences (Springer), Landolt-Boernstein: Laser and Laser Applications (Springer), Optical and Quantum Electronics Journal.
He retired in 2003 and is now professor emeritus at the Optical Institute Berlin. Until 2015, he gave lectures on laser physics, nonlinear optics, classical optics. His research fields are now the characterization of partially coherent fields, the determination of coherence and the Wigner function in optics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Laser Resonators and Beam Propagation
Book Subtitle: Fundamentals, Advanced Concepts, Applications
Authors: Norman Hodgson, Horst Weber
Series Title: Springer Series in Optical Sciences
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-51872-0Due: 04 December 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-51875-1Due: 04 December 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-51873-7Due: 04 December 2024
Series ISSN: 0342-4111
Series E-ISSN: 1556-1534
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XXX, 732
Number of Illustrations: 161 b/w illustrations, 500 illustrations in colour