Laser Sources

Abstract

The article contains sections titled: Introduction Optically Pumped Solid‐State Lasers Ruby Laser Neodymium Lasers Widely Tunable Lasers Color‐Center Lasers Fiber Lasers Diode Lasers Vertical Cavity Surface Emitter Lasers Visible Laser Diodes Quantum Dot Lasers Quantum Cascade Lasers Quantum Microcavity Lasers Atomic and Ionic Gas Lasers Helium–Neon Laser Argon and Krypton Lasers Molecular Gas Lasers Carbon Dioxide Laser Nitrogen Laser Iodine Laser Excimer Lasers Dye Lasers Pulsing Techniques Cavity Dumping Q‐Switching Mode‐Locking Ultrafast Pulse Compression Continuum Generation Short Wavelength Coherent Radiation Frequency Conversion Frequency Doubling Optical Parametric Oscillators Frequency Tripling and Four‐Wave Mixing Higher Order Harmonic Generation Free‐Electron Laser Tabletop X‐ray Lasers