PHYSICS OF SOLID-STATE LASERS
CONTENTS CHAPTER SOLID-STATE CHROMIUM LASERS IN FREE LASING REGIME 1 1 SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ACTIVE MEDIA ON CHROMIUM IONS 1 2 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS OF EXAMINING FREE LASING PA- RAMETERS 1 2 1 EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENT 1 2 2 METHODS OF ELIMINATING TECHNICAL PERTURBATIONS OF THE RESONATOR OF A PULSE SOLID-STATE LASER 1 2 3 METHODS OF PRODUCING QUASI-STATIONARY LASING 1 2 4 THE METHODS OF SELECTION WAVELENGTH TUNING OF THE RADIATION WAVE 1 3 RUBY LASERS 1 3 1 SPECTRAL–TIME CHARACTERISTICS OF FREE LASING TEMOOQ IN A LASER WITH FLAT MIRRORS 1 3 2 SINGLE-FREQUENCY ADJUSTABLE QUASISTATIONARY LASING IN A LASER WITH FLAT MIRRORS 1 3 3 ENERGY PARAMETERS OF LASING 1 3 4 LASING PARAMETERS OF TEMMNQ MODES IN A LASER WITH SPHERICAL MIRRORS 1 4 ALEXANDRITE LASERS 1 4 1 SPECTRAL–TIME LASING PARAMETERS 1 4 2 ENERGY PARAMETERS OF LASING 1 5 EMERALD LASERS 1 6 CHROMIUM LASERS IN RARE-EARTH–GALLIUM GARNETS 1 6 1 SPECTRAL–TIME PARAMETERS OF LASING 1 6 2 ENERGY PARAMETERS OF LASING 1 7 LASER ON CHROMIUM IONS IN A CRYSTAL OF POTASSIUM- SCANDIUM TUNGSTATE 1 7 1 SPECTRAL AND ENERGY PARAMETERS OF LASING 1 8 OPTIMISATION OF THE ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS OF RADIA- TION OF CHROMIUM LASERS CHAPTER 2 SOLID-STATE NEODYMIUM LASERS IN FREE LASING REGIME 2 1 SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ACTIVE MEDIA ON NEODYMIUM IONS 2 2 NEODYMIUM GLASS LASERS 2 2 1 SPECTRAL–TIME LASING PARAMETERS 2 2 2 ENERGY PARAMETERS OF LASING 2 3 ND:YAG LASERS 2 3 1 SPECTRAL–TIME PARAMETERS OF FREE LASING IN PULSED REGIME 2 3 2 ENERGY PARAMETERS OF LASING IN PULSED REGIME 2 4 ND LASERS ON GADOLINIUM–SCANDIUM–GALLIUM GARNET WITH CHROMIUM 2 4 1 SPECTRAL–TIME CHARACTERISTICS OF RADIATION 2 4 2 ENERGY PARAMETERS OF LASING 2 5 ND-DOPED LANTHANUM BERYLLATE LASERS 2 5 1 SPECTRAL–TIME PARAMETERS OF LASING 2 5 2 ENERGY PARAMETERS OF LASING 2 6 ND LASERS IN HEXA-ALUMINATES OF LANTHANUM-MAGNE- SIUM AND LANTHANUM–BERYLLIUM 2 6 1 SPECTRAL AND TIME PARAMETERS OF LASING 2 6 2 ENERGY PARAMETERS OF LASING 2 7 ND LASERS ON POTASSIUM–GADOLINIUM AND POTASSIUM– YTTRIUM TUNGSTATES 2 7 1 SPECTRAL–TIME PARAMETERS OF LASING 2 7 2 ENERGY PARAMETERS OF LASING 2 8 ND LASERS ON SELF-ACTIVATED CRYSTALS 2 9 OPTIMISATION OF THE ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS OF RADIA- TION OF PULSED ND LASERS 2 10 PROBLEM OF NON-ATTENUATING PULSATIONS OF RADIATION IN SOLID-STATE LASERS CHAPTER 3 GENERATION OF POWERFUL SINGLE-FREQUENCY GIANT RADIATION PULSES IN SOLID-STATE LASERS 3 1 METHODS OF PRODUCING SINGLE-FREQUENCY LASING IN LASERS WITH Q-FACTOR MODULATION 3 2 POWERFUL SINGLE-FREQUENCY TUNABLE RUBY LASER WITH INJECTION OF THE EXTERNAL SIGNAL 3 3 POWERFUL SINGLE-FREQUENCY TUNABLE ND-DOPED LASERS WITH INJECTION OF THE EXTERNAL SIGNAL 3 4 SINGLE-FREQUENCY TUNABLE ND LASERS WITH PASSIVE Q- MODULATION 3 4 1 ENERGY AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RADIATION 3 5 SINGLE-FREQUENCY TUNABLE ALEXANDRITE LASER WITH PASSIVE Q-MODULATION 3 5 1 EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENT 3 5 2 SPECTRAL–TIME AND ENERGY PARAMETERS OF LASING CHAPTER 4 LASING OF STABLE SUPERSHORT RADIATION PULSES IN SOLID-STATE LASERS 4 1 METHODS OF PRODUCTION OF STABLE SUPERSHORT RADIA- TION PULSES 4 1 1 THE METHOD OF DECREASING THE NUMBER OF LASING MODES 4 1 2 THE METHOD OF INJECTION OF THE EXTERNAL SIGNAL 4 1 3 THE METHOD OF THE REGIME OF THE SECOND THRESHOLD 4 1 4 THE METHOD OF THE SELF-STABILISATION REGIME 4 1 5 THE METHOD OF INTRODUCING ADDITIONAL LOSSES 4 2 LASING OF STABLE SUPERSHORT PULSES OF RADIATION BY THE METHOD OF INJECTION OF THE EXTERNAL SIGNAL 4 3 LASING OF STABLE SUPERSHORT RADIATION PULSES BY THE METHOD OF INTRODUCING INTRA-RESONATOR LOSSES 4 3 1 EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENT 4 3 2 PARAMETERS OF SUPERSHORT RADIATION PULSES CHAPTER 5 INCREASING THE LASING EFFICIENCY OF SOLID-STATE LASERS 5 1 INCREASING PUMPING EFFICIENCY 5 1 1 SELECTIVE PUMPING OF THE ACTIVE MEDIUM 5 1 2 LASER PUMPING 5 1 3 LASER DIODE PUMPING 5 2 INCREASING THE CONCENTRATION OF IMPURITY ACTIVE IONS 5 3 SENSITISING OF LASER SOLID-STATE MEDIA 5 4 CROSS RELAXATION AND STEPPED SYSTEMS OF PUMPING LASER TRANSITIONS 5 5 LOW-THRESHOLD SOLID-STATE MEDIA 5 6 EXPANDING THE SPECTRAL RANGE OF LASING 5 7 INCREASING THE BEAM STRENGTH OF SOLID-STATE MEDIA 5 8 NEW OPTICAL CIRCUITS OF SOLID-STATE LASERS CHAPTER 6 PRINCIPLES OF LASING OF SOLID-STATE LASERS 6 1 QUANTUM KINETIC EQUATION FOR THE DENSITY MATRIX 6 2 EQUATIONS FOR THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD 6 3 MODELLING OF LASER SYSTEMS 6 4 FREE LASING 6 5 THE GIANT PULSE REGIME CHAPTER 7 STOCHASTIC AND TRANSITION PROCESSES IN SOLID-STATE LASERS 7 1 STATISTICAL MODELLING OF LASING 7 2 INITIAL AND NON-LINEAR STAGES OF THE LASING PROCESS 7 3 ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LASING CON- DITIONS AND FLUCTUATIONS OF THE DURATION OF THE TRAN- SITION PROCESS 7 4 THE STATISTICAL MODEL OF THE EXCITATION OF LASING IN THE ABSENCE OF INITIAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM 7 5 TRANSITION PROCESSES AT SLOW CHANGES OF THE LASING PARAMETERS