Solid-State Lasers for Materials Processing: Fundamental Relations and Technical Realizations
Title: Solid-State Lasers for Materials Processing: Fundamental Relations and Technical Realizations
Author(s): Reinhard Iffländer Dipl.-Phys. (auth.)
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: XVII, 353 p.
This book explains in detail the technical and physical basic principles of solid-state lasers for material processing. The characteristic parameters of laser beams, such as beam quality, power and efficiency, are related to parameters of practical use. Conventional applications of high power lasers, such as laser welding, cutting and scribing, as well as the basics of laser-matter interactions, are also discussed in the book. The types of lasers considered include: high power Nd, Yb:YAG, Nd-glass lamp- or laserdiode-pumped. Data on potential materials for solid-state lasers such as alexandrite, GGG, YVO, YLF and others are presented. Aspectys of laser device design, for example, beam optics and beam guiding by fiber, are discussed. Many tables and graphics make this a useful handbook for scientists, process engineers, laser physicists and advanced students.
Table of contents :
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Fundamentals of Solid-State Lasers....Pages 3-44
Gaussian Optics....Pages 45-68
Resonators....Pages 69-97
Thermal Effects....Pages 99-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Beam Source....Pages 125-147
Gas Discharge Lamps....Pages 149-176
Excitation by Diodes....Pages 177-197
Electrical Circuits....Pages 199-208
Optics....Pages 209-232
Material Processing....Pages 233-253
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Laser Materials....Pages 257-287
Laser Crystals....Pages 289-310
Laser Glasses....Pages 311-318
Material Data....Pages 319-323
Tables and Constants....Pages 325-328
Back Matter....Pages 329-353 |