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Pulsed Metal Vapour Lasers

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Chris E. Little

    1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, Fife, UK

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  2. Nikola V. Sabotinov

    1. Department of Metal Vapor Lasers, Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 1 (ASDT, volume 5)

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Table of contents (49 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Historical Viewpoints

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Pulsed Metal Vapor Lasers: Past and Future

      • William T. Silfvast
      Pages 3-13

    3. Copper Lasers in the Beginning

      • W. T. Walter
      Pages 15-26

  3. Physcs of Pulsed Metal Vapour Lasers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Copper Laser Kinetics - A Comparative Study

      • C. E. Webb, G. P. Hogan
      Pages 29-42

    3. Kinetics of Metal Vapour and Metal Halide Lasers

      • G. G. Petrash
      Pages 43-54

    4. Kinetics of Metal Ion Recombination Lasers

      • M. F. Sem, E. L. Latush
      Pages 55-66

    5. Experimental Studies of CVL Kinetics

      • G. P. Hogan, C. E. Webb, C. G. Whyte, C. E. Little
      Pages 67-72

    6. Physics of Transverse-Discharge Copper Vapour Lasers

      • B. L. Borovich, N. I. Yurchenko
      Pages 73-78

    7. Investigation of Bismuth Vapour Lasers

      • V. A. Kelman, I. I. Klimovski, Yu. O. Shpenik
      Pages 79-84

  4. Laser Characteristics and Operation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Plasma Parameters of Metal Vapour Lasers

      • I. Smilanski
      Pages 87-99

    3. High-Power Copper Vapour Lasers and Applications

      • J. J. Chang, B. E. Warner, C. D. Boley, E. P. Dragon
      Pages 101-112

    4. Copper Bromide Lasers

      • N. V. Sabotinov
      Pages 113-124

    5. Metal Hybrid Lasers

      • C. E. Little, D. R. Jones, S. A. Fairlie, C. G. Whyte
      Pages 125-136

    6. Output Limiting Mechanisms and the Prospects for Metal Vapour Lasers with Average Output Power Above 1 kW/m

      • P. A. Bokhan, E. I. Molodykh
      Pages 137-148

    7. Strontium and Calcium Ion Recombination Lasers and Their Applications

      • E. L. Latush, M. F. Sem, G. D. Chebotarev
      Pages 149-160

    8. The Effects of Impurities on Metal Vapour Laser Performance

      • D. J. W. Brown, M. J. Withford, R. P. Mildren, J. A. Piper
      Pages 161-168

    9. Influence of Hydrogen on the Kinetics of Copper Bromide Lasers

      • Dimo N. Astadjov
      Pages 169-174
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A comprehensive, up-to-date review of the physics and applications of a major class of laser, the most important example of which is the copper vapour laser. A collection of 50 papers written by the world's leaders in the field. Papers cover: the early history of pulsed metal vapour lasters; the plasma kinetics and excitation mechanisms of self terminating and recombination metal vapour lasers; beam quality issues for applications; frequency harmonic generation for mid-UV applications; high-precision processing of metals, ceramics, glasses and plastics using metal vapour lasers; applications in medicine, including oncology and dermatology; applications in science such as spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. A practical source of information on the physics, engineering and applications of metal vapour lasers.
Audience: scientists, teachers and graduate researchers working in the fields of gas lasers, laser optics, gas discharges, optoelectronics and laser applications in industry, science and medicine.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, Fife, UK

    Chris E. Little

  • Department of Metal Vapor Lasers, Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Nikola V. Sabotinov

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