Ceramic Lasers

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-521-11408-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 455 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1060 g

Until recently, ceramic materials were considered unsuitable for optics due to the numerous scattering sources, such as grain boundaries and residual pores. However, in the 1990s the technology to generate a coherent beam from ceramic materials was developed, and a highly efficient laser oscillation was realized. In the future, the technology derived from the development of the ceramic laser could be used to develop new functional passive and active optics. Co-authored by one of the pioneers of this field, the book describes the fabrication technology and theoretical characterization of ceramic material properties. It describes novel types of solid lasers and other optics using ceramic materials to demonstrate the application of ceramic gain media in the generation of coherent beams and light amplification. This is an invaluable guide for physicists, materials scientists and engineers working on laser ceramics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ikesue, Akio

Aung, Yan Lin

Lupei, Voicu

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Keramik, Glas, Sonstige Werkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Lasertechnologie, Holographie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Optik, Lasertechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Physik, Chemie für Ingenieure

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Solid-state laser processes and active materials; 3. Fabrication techniques for laser materials; 4. Experimental techniques (powder characteristics and synthesis of optical grade ceramics, effects of sintering aids, etc.); 5. Synthesis of the doped polycrystalline cubic sesquioxide ceramics; 6. Synthesis of Re (Nd) heavily doped YAG ceramics; 7. Optical scattering center in polycrystalline ceramics; 8. Advanced technology in ceramic (composite, fiber, single crystal by sintering method, etc.); 9. Current R&D status of ceramic lasers world wide; 10. Conclusions and future in ceramic technology; 11. Mechanical and thermal properties of the laser ceramics; 12. High-resolution optical spectroscopy and emission decay of doped ceramics; 13. Emission processes in doped ceramics; 14. Ceramic photonic materials; 15. Laser emission of ceramic materials; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Aung, Yan Lin
Yan Lin Aung is a researcher at World-Lab. Co., Ltd. His research focuses on opto-ceramics.

Lupei, Voicu
Voicu Lupei, member of the Romanian Academy, is a Professor at the National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics in Bucharest, Romania. His research interests are in photonic materials, quantum electronics processes in doped laser materials, and applications of solid-state lasers.

Ikesue, Akio
Akio Ikesue is the President of World-Lab. Co., Ltd. He is also an executive scientist at SCHOTT AG, Germany, and an invited professor at ENSCP (École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris).