F. J. Duarte (Ed.), Tunable Laser Applications, Second Edition (CRC, New York, 2009)

ISBN: 1420060090

This updated-enlarged edition of Tunable Laser Applications emphasizes spectroscopic, medical, and biomedical applications of tunable coherent sources. It includes: 15 chapters, 147 figures,36 tables, 280 equations, more than 1300 references, and an extensive index.

A brief list of corrections, for the readers of Tunable Laser Applications, is available in PDF form.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction, F. J. Duarte (pp. 1-14; 113 references).
2. Spectroscopic Applications of Pulsed Tunable Optical Parametric Oscillators, B. J. Orr, Y. He, and R. T. White (pp. 15-95; 397 references).
   • Introduction
   • Optical Parametric Devices: How They Operate
   • Nanosecond-Pulsed Optical Parametric Oscillators
   • Continuous-Wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
   • Ulrafast Optical Parametric Oscillators
   • Optical Parametric Devices for Spectroscopic Applications
   • Optical Bandwidth Control in Nanosecond-Pulsed OPOs
   • Factors Influencing Optical Bandwidth and Tunability
   • Injection-Seeded Pulsed OPOs: Early Days
   • Injection-Seeded Pulsed OPOs: Recent Progress
   • Spectroscopic Measurements Using OPOs
   • Spectroscopic Verification of OPO Performance
   • OPO Spectroscopic Sensing of Atoms and Molecules
   • CARS Microscopy: A Biomedical Application of OPOs
   • New Frontiers for OPO Spectroscopy
3. Solid-State Dye Lasers, A. Costela, I. García-Moreno, and R. Sastre (pp. 97-120; 50 references).
   • Organic Polymers
   • Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials
   • Silicon-Modified Organic Matrices
   • Polymers with Nano and Microparticles
   • Applications
4. Tunable Lasers Based on Dye-Doped Polymer Gain Media Incorporating Homogeneous Distributions of Functional Nanoparticles, F. J. Duarte and R. O. James (pp. 121-142; 80 references).
   • Tunable Laser Oscillator Review
   • Synthesis of DDPN Laser Gain Media
   • Experimental Results and Laser Emission
   • Interferometric Interpretation
   • Invisibility of Nanoparticle Distributions in the Visible Electromagnetic Spectrum
   • Laser Spectroscopy
   • Laser Medicine
5. Broadly Tunable Dispersive External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers, F. J. Duarte (pp. 143-177; 106 references).
   • Dispersive Oscillator Cavities
   • Interference and Diffraction
   • Intracavity Dispersion
   • Ray Transfer Matrices
   • Linewidth
   • Wavelength Tuning
   • Tuning Miniature MEMS-Driven Cavities
   • Tuning Using Bragg Gratings
   • Performance of Tunable External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers
   • Performance of Ultrashort-Pulse External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers
   • Applications
6. Tunable Fiber Lasers, T. M. Shay and F. J. Duarte (pp. 179-196; 37 refrerences).
   • Core and Cladding Pumped Fiber Lasers
   • Tunable Fiber Laser Configurations
   • Multiple-Prism Grating Configurations
   • Demostrated Tunable Fiber Laser Performance
7. Fiber Laser Overview and Medical Applications, S. Popov (pp. 197-226; 89 references).
   • Introduction
   • Lasers in Medicine and Life Sciences
   • Principles, Types and Performance of Fiber Lasers
   • Erbium Lasers
   • Ytterbium Lasers
   • Thulium Lasers
   • Holmium Lasers
   • Co-Doped and ZBLAN Fiber Lasers
   • Supercontinuum Fiber Lasers
   • Making and Marking Tools and Instruments for the Medical Industry
8. Medical Applications of Dye Lasers, A. Costela, I. García-Moreno, and R. Sastre (pp. 227-243; 89 references).
   • Laser Treatment of Vascular Lesions
   • Laser Treatment of Port-Wine Stains
   • Laser Treatment of Hemangiomas
   • Laser Treatment of Scars and Keliods
   • Laser Treatment of Tattoos
   • Lithotripsy
   • Laser Angioplasty
   • Dye Lasers for Photodynamic Therapy
   • Laser Safety in Medicine
9. Biological Microscopy With Ultrashort Laser Pulses, J. L. Thomas and W. Rudolph (pp. 245-280; 95 references).
   • Introduction
   • Nonlinear Microscopy
   • Plasmon Excitation
   • Coherent Quantum Control in Microscopy
   • Saturation Microscopies
   • Microscopy With Time and Coherent Gating
   • Femtosecond Oscillators
   • Femtosecond Fiber Laser
   • Q-Switching
   • Cavity Dumping
   • Long Cavities
   • External Storage Cavities
   • Pulse Amplification
   • Multiphoton Fluorescence Microscopy
   • Harmonic Microscopies
   • Four-Wave Mixing Microscopies
10. Pused, Tunable, Monochromatic X-Rays: Medical And Non-Medical Applications, F. E. Carroll (pp. 281-309; 41 references).
    • Introduction
    • The Medical Free Electron Laser Program
    • How do Monochromatic X-Rays Differ from Other X-Ray Currently Available?
    • Desirable Design Characteristics for a Compact Practical Device
    • Generation 3
    • Therapeutic Applications
    • What About the Children?
    • Tunable Monochromatic Mammography in 3D
    • K-Edge Imaging
    • Phase Contrast Imaging
    • Time-of-Flight Imaging
    • Protein Crystallography
    • Military and Industrial Applications
11. Lithum Spectroscopy Using Tunable Diode Lasers, I. E. Olivares (pp. 311-339; 53 references).
    • Introduction
    • Description of Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy
    • Multilevel Atoms
    • Detailed Saturation Absorption Calculations Using Matrix Elements
    • The Saturated Absorption Spectrometer
    • Spectroscopic Calculations
    • Using Diode Laser Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy
    • Lithium Isotope Separation Using Tunable Diode Lasers
    • Applications of Lithium Isotopes
12. Interferometric Imaging, F. J. Duarte (pp. 341-373; 38 references).
    • Introduction
    • Tunable Lasers
    • The Interferometer
    • Interferometric Theory
    • Interferometric Calculations
    • Densitometry in the Microscopic Domain
    • Detection of Surface Microdefects
    • Photographic Film Grain Structure
    • Assessment of Transmission Gratings and MTF
    • Theoretical Enhancement of the Resolution of Photodiode Arrays
    • Laser Printing
    • Wavelength Measurements
    • Secure Interferometric Communications in Free Space
    • Interferometry in Textiles
    • Applications to Biomedicine
13. Multiple-Prism Arrays and Multiple-Prism Beam Expanders: Laser Optics and Scientific Applications, F. J. Duarte (pp. 375-378; 62 references).
    • Introduction
    • Dispersion Theory of Multiple-Prism Arrays
    • The Interferometric Origing of Dispersion
    • Applications to Laser Optics
    • Applications to Laser Spectroscopy and Sequential Laser Excitation
    • Applications to Guide Stars and Astronomy
    • Applications to Pulse Compression and Ultrashort Pulse Lasers
    • Applications to Microscopy and Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
    • Applications to Interferometry and Optical Metrology
14. Coherent Electrically-Excited Organic Semiconductors, F. J. Duarte (pp. 389-404; 41 references).
    • Introduction
    • Tunable Narrow-Linewidth Solid-State Organic Lasers
    • Spatial and Spectral Coherence
    • Electrically Excited Interferometric Emitter
    • Measured Beam Divergence and Interferograms
    • Physical Interpretation of Measurements
    • Interferometric Linewidth Estimate
    • Coherent Emission and Laser Emission
15. Appendix on Optical Quantities and Conversion of Units, F. J. Duarte (pp. 405-408; 6 references).
16. Index (pp. 409-444).

Note: this is a partial Table of Contents

Authors

• F. E. Carroll, MXISystems and Vanderbilt University, USA.
• A. Costela, Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC, Spain.
• F. J. Duarte, Interferometric Optics and University of New Mexico, USA.
• I. García-Moreno, Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC, Spain.
• Y. He, MQ Photonics Research Centre, Macquarie University, Australia.
• R. O. James, QED Technologies, USA.
• I. E. Olivares, Universidad de Santiago, Chile.
• B. J. Orr, MQ Photonics Research Centre, Macquarie University, Australia.
• S. Popov, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
• W. Rudolph, University of New Mexico.
• R. Sastre, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, CSIC, Spain.
• T. M. Shay, US Air Force Research Laboratory, USA.
• J. L. Thomas, University of New Mexico, USA.
• R. T. White, MQ Photonics Research Centre, Macquarie University, Australia.

F. J. Duarte (Ed.), Tunable Laser Applications (Marcel-Dekker, New York, 1995)

ISBN: 0-8247-8928-8

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION, F. J. Duarte, pp. 1-10.
2. SPECTROSCOPIC APPLICATIONS OF PULSED TUNABLE OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS, B. J. Orr, M. J. Johnson, and J. G. Haub, pp. 11-82.
3. DISPERSIVE EXTERNAL-CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS, F. J. Duarte, pp. 83-112.
4. APPLICATIONS OF ULTRASHORT PULSES, X. M. Zhao, S. Diddams, and J. C. Diels, pp. 113-151.
5. INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING, F. J. Duarte, pp. 153-178.
6. MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE FREE ELECTRON LASER, F. Carroll and C. Brau, pp. 179-212.
7. LIDAR FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND HYDROSPHERIC STUDIES, W. B. Grant, pp. 213-305.

Contains 71 figures, 12 tables, 104 equations, and more than 1100 references in 313 pages.

AUTHORS

• C. Brau, Vanderbilt University, USA.
• F. Carroll, Vanderbilt University, USA.
• S. Diddams, The University of New Mexico, USA.
• J. C. Diels, The University of New Mexico, USA.
• F. J. Duarte, Eastman Kodak Company, USA.
• W. B. Grant, NASA Langley Research Center, USA.
• J. G. Haub, Macquarie University, USA.
• M. J. Johnson, Macquarie University, USA.
• B. J. Orr, Macquarie University, USA.
• X. M. Zhao, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA.

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