Contents Preface--Editors--Contributors--Part A Principles1. Laser Principle: Section Introduction--Richard Shoemaker2. Basic Laser Principles--Christopher C. Davis3. Interference and Polarization--Alan Rogers4. Introduction to Numerical Analysis for Laser Systems--George Lawrence5. Optical Cavities: Free-Space Laser Resonators--Robert C. Eckardt6. Optical Cavities: Waveguide Laser Resonators--Chris Hill7. Nonlinear Optics--Orad Reshef and Robert W. Boyd8. Laser Beam Control--Jacky Byatt9. Optical Detection and Noise--Gerald Buller and Jason Smith10. Laser Safety--J. Michael Green and Karl SchulmeisterPart B Laser design and properties11. Optical Components: Section Introduction--Julian Jones12. Optical Components--Leo H. J. F. Beckmann13. Optical Control Elements--Alan Greenaway14. Adaptive Optics and Phase Conjugate Reflectors--Michael J. Damzen and Carl Paterson15. Opto-mechanical Parts--Frank Luecke16. Optical Pulse Generation: Section Introduction--Clive Ireland17. Quasi-cw and Modulated Beams--K. Washio18. Short Pulses--Andreas Ostendorf19. Ultrashort Pulses--Derryck T. Reid20. Mode-locking Techniques and Principles--Rüdiger Paschotta21. Attosecond Metrology--Pierre Agostini, Andrew J. Piper, and Louis F. DiMauro22. Chirped Pulse Amplification--Donna Strickland23. Optical Parametric Devices--M. Ebrahimzadeh24. Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification (OPCPA)--Laszlo Veisz25. Laser Beam Delivery: Section Introduction--Julian Jones26. Basic Principles--D. P. Hand27. Free-space Optics--Leo H. J. F. Beckmann28. Optical Waveguide Theory--George Stewart29. Fibre Optic Beam Delivery--D. P. Hand30. Positioning and Scanning Systems--Jürgen Koch31. Laser Beam Measurement: Section Introduction--Julian Jones32. Beam Propagation--B. A. Ward33. Laser Beam Management Detectors--Alexander O. Goushcha and Bernd Tabbert34. Laser Energy and Power Measurement--Robert K. Tyson35. Irradiance and Phase Distribution Measurement--B. Schäfer36. The Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses--Rick Trebino, Rana Jafari, Peeter Piksarv, Pamela Bowlan, Heli Valtna-Lukner, Peeter Saari,Zhe Guang, and Günter SteinmeyerIndex--

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