Properties of Optical and Laser-Related Materials

Properties of Optical and Laser-Related Materials-A Handbook offers the reader a self-contained, concise and up-to-date collection of the key properties of 125 of the most common and important optical materials used in modern optics, laser physics and technology, spectroscopy and laser spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, quantum electronics and laser applications. This comprehensive volume presents not only the classical properties but also those that have appeared in the three decades since the invention of the laser. The presentation of the material is given in a clear tabular form with more than 1000 references. A wide variety of readers, ranging from workers in both industry and academia, to lecturers and students at postgraduate and undergraduate levels, will find Properties of Optical and Laser-Related Materials-A Handbook an invaluable resource.Ein einziger Band, der umfassend und präzise die 125 der gebräuchlichsten optischen und laserbezogenen Materialien behandelt, die am häufigsten in der Laserphysik und -technologie, in Optik, Spektroskopie, nichtlinearer Optik, Quantenelektronik und Laseranwendungen benutzt werden. In klarer, tabellarischer Anordnung und mit über 1.000 aktuellen Verweisen werden sowohl die klassischen Materialeigenschaften als auch die Eigenschaften erörtert, die sich in den vergangenen drei Jahrzehnten seit Erfindung des Lasers herausgebildet haben. (10/97) Laser Materials and Their Hosts.

Nonliner Optical Crystals.

Main Optical Materials.

Alkali and Alkaline Earth Halides.

Oxides, Sulfides, Selenides and Tellurides.

Semiconductors and Other Crystalline Materials.

Glasses and Polymers.

Liquids.

Gases.

Appendix.

References.

Index. Material State, Specific Gravity, Point Group, Lattice Constants, Assignment of Dielectric and Crystallographic Axes, Hardness, Curie Temperature for Crystals, Softening Point for Glasses and Polymers, Linear Thermal Expansion Coefficient àT for Solids, Volume Thermal Expansion Coefficient á T for Liquids, Specific Heat Capacity Cp, Thermal Conductivity Coefficient K, Transparency Range, Linear Absorption Coefficient à, Two-Photon Absorption Coefficient á, Three-Photon Absorption Coefficient g, Optical Constants, Birefringence for Non-Isotropic Crystals, Temperature Derivative of Refractive Index, Dispersion Relation, Nonlinear Refractive Index g, Linear Electrooptic Coefficients Measured at Low Frequencies, Linear Electrooptic Coefficients Measured at High Frequencies, Half-Wave Retardation Voltage at Longitinual Modulation Vg/2, Kerr Constant B, Verdet Constant, Lineshifts, Linewidths, Steady-State Rotational Raman Gain Coefficient G, Effective Nonlinearity in Phase-Matching Direction, Effective Nonlinearity for Three-Wave Interactions in the Principal Planes, Nonlinear Coefficient, Laser-Induced Breakdown Threshold, Band-Gap Energy Eg, Ionization Threshold Eion, Dissociation Threshold Edis, Ionization Potential in Vacuum, Position of Absorption Bands and Related Linear Absorption Coefficients, Fluorescence Lifetime, Absorption Cross-Section, Stimulated Emission Cross-Section, Effective Stimulated Emission Cross-Section, Linewidth of Lasing Transition.

David N. Nikogosyan is the author of Properties of Optical and Laser-Related Materials: A Handbook, published by Wiley. Properties of Optical and Laser-Related Materials-A Handbook offers the reader a self-contained, concise and up-to-date collection of the key properties of 125 of the most common and important optical materials used in modern optics, laser physics and technology, spectroscopy and laser spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, quantum electronics and laser applications. This comprehensive volume presents not only the classical properties but also those that have appeared in the three decades since the invention of the laser. The presentation of the material is given in a clear tabular form with more than 1000 references. A wide variety of readers, ranging from workers in both industry and academia, to lecturers and students at postgraduate and undergraduate levels, will find Properties of Optical and Laser-Related Materials-A Handbook an invaluable resource.