Download or read book Rare Earth Doped Alkali Lead Halide Laser Crystals of Low Phonon Energy written by and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mid Infrared Coherent Sources and Applications written by Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering fundamental principles and the state of the art, this is a collection of reviews from experts in mid-infrared (mid-IR) coherent sources. Among the sources covered are optical parametric oscillators, difference frequency generators, and the most recent broadband crystalline, quantum cascade, and fiber lasers. The authors show how advances in mid-IR science and technology make these sources indispensable for a variety of applications.