Horst Weber Book order

Focusing on optical resonators, this book offers a thorough exploration of their properties and laser beam propagation, blending fundamental theories with practical applications. It covers key concepts like geometrical optics, diffraction, and polarization, while detailing various resonator schemes and their modeling. The text emphasizes the essential parameters of light, including coherence and beam divergence, and delves into laser beam generation techniques, including continuous-wave, Q-switched, and modelocked operations, as well as harmonic generation both inside and outside the cavity.

The three volumes VIII/1A, B, C document the state of the art of „Laser Physics and Applications“. Scientific trends and related technological aspects are considered by compiling results and conclusions from phenomenology, observation and experiments. Reliable data, physical fundamentals and detailed references are presented. In the recent decades the laser source matured to an universal tool common to scientific research as well as to industrial use. Today the main technical goal is the generation of optical power towards shorter wavelengths, shorter pulses, higher efficiency and higher power for applications in science and industry. Tailoring the optical energy in wavelength, space and time is a requirement for the investigation of laser-induced processes, i. e. excitation, non-linear amplification, storage of optical energy, etc. According to the actual trends in laser research and development, Vol. VIII/1 is split into three parts: Vol. VIII/1A with its two subvolumes 1A1and 1A2 covers laser fundamentals, Vol. VIII/1B deals with laser systems and Vol. VIII/1C gives an overview on laser applications.