Viskup R. (Ed.) High Energy and Short Pulse Lasers

ExLi4EvA, 2016. — 413 p. — ISBN: 9535126075; 9535126067This book gives the readers an introduction to experimental and theoretical knowledge acquired by large-scale laser laboratories that are dealing with extra-high peak power and ultrashort laser pulses for research of terawatt (TW), petawatt (PW), or near-future exawatt (EW) laser interactions, for soft X-ray sources, for acceleration of particles, or for generation of hot dense thermal plasma for the laser fusion.
The other part of this book is dealing with the small-scale laser laboratories that are using for its research on commercial sources of laser radiation, nanosecond (ns), picosecond (ps), or femtosecond (fs) laser pulses, either for basic research or for more advanced applications.
This book is divided into six main sections dealing with short and ultrashort laser pulses, laser-produced soft X-ray sources, large-scale high-power laser systems, free-electron lasers, fiber-based sources of short optical pulse, and applications of short pulse lasers. In each chapter readers can find fascinating topics related to the high energy and/or short pulse laser technique. Individual chapters should serve the broad spectrum of readers of different expertise, layman, undergraduate and postgraduate students, scientists, and engineers, who may in this book find easily explained fundamentals as well as advanced principles of particular subjects related to these phenomena.Generation of High-Intensity Laser Pulses and their Applications
High-Power Diode-Pumped Short Pulse Lasers Based on Yb:KGW Crystals for Industrial Applications
Yb:YAG-Pumped, Few-Cycle Optical Parametric Amplifiers
Brilliance Improvement of a Laser-Produced Soft X-Ray Plasma
High-Brightness Solid-State Lasers for Compact Short-Wavelength Sources
Multiterawatt Hybrid (Solid/Gas) Femtosecond Systems in the Visible
Nuclear-Induced Plasmas of Gas Mixtures and Nuclear-Pumped Lasers
Undulators for Short Pulse X-Ray Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission-Free Electron Lasers
Phase Manipulation of Ultrashort Soft X-Ray Pulses by Reflective Gratings
Fiber-Based High-Power Supercontinuum and Frequency Comb Generation
High‐Energy and Short‐Pulse Generation from Passively Mode‐ Locked Ytterbium‐Doped Double‐Clad Fiber Lasers
Effects of Different Laser Pulse Regimes (Nanosecond, Picosecond and Femtosecond) on the Ablation of Materials for Production of Nanoparticles in Liquid Solution
Application of PLD-Fabricated Thick-Film Permanent Magnets
Obtaining a Thin and Flexible Dental Film of Hydroxyapatite
High‐Energy Nanosecond Laser Pulses for Synthesis of Better Bone Implants
Excimer Laser and Femtosecond Laser in Ophthalmology
Diode Laser‐Based Sensors for Extreme Harsh Environment Data Acquisition