F. J. Duarte (Ed.), Tunable Laser Applications, Third Edition (CRC, New York, 2016)

ISBN: 978-1482261066

This updated, improved, and refined edition of Tunable Laser Applications focuses on the architecture and technology of practical tunable coherent sources with applications to:

• astronomy
• aviation
• energy
• communications
• defense
• imaging
• interferometry
• medicine
• microscopy
• spectroscopy

Tunable Laser Applications, 3rd Edition, describes the use of tunable lasers in the following medical applications and fields: acne treatment, cancer diagnosis, cancer phototherapy, cardiology, dermatology, hemoglobin, hemangiomas, human papilloma, hypertrophic scars, inflammatory skin diseases, keloids, kidney stones, lithotripsy, nanobiophotonics, OCT imaging, ophthalmology, photodynamic therapy (PDT), pigmented lesions, psoriasis, tattoo removal, surgery, telangiectases, urology, vascular lesions, and more. An additional complementary emphasis is the expert and in depth discussion and description of several state-of-the-art microscopy techniques.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction, F. J. Duarte (pp. 1-15; 110 references).
   

2. Spectroscopic Applications of Pulsed Tunable Optical Parametric Oscillators, B. J. Orr, J. G. Haub, Y. He, and R. T. White (pp. 17-142; 666 references).

3. Solid-State Organic Dye Lasers, A. Costela, I. García-Moreno, and R. Sastre (pp. 143-176; 84 references).

4. Organic Dye-Doped Polymer-Nanoparticle Tunable Lasers, F. J. Duarte and R. O. James (pp. 177-201; 92 references).
   

5. Broadly Tunable Dispersive External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers, F. J. Duarte (pp. 203-241; 130 references).

6. Tunable Fiber Lasers, T. M. Shay and F. J. Duarte (pp. 243-261; 43 refrerences).

7. Fiber Laser Overview and Medical Applications, S. Popov (pp. 263-292; 118 references).

8. Medical Applications of Organic Dye Lasers, A. Costela, I. García-Moreno, and C. Gómez (pp. 293-313; 89 references).

9. Tunable Laser Microscopy, F. J. Duarte (pp. 315-328; 36 references).

10. Interferometric Imaging, F. J. Duarte (pp. 329-369; 45 references).

11. Tunable Laser Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation, F. J. Duarte (pp. 371-384; 50 references).

12. Coherent Electrically-Excited Organic Semiconductors, F. J. Duarte (pp. 385-404; 53 references).

13. Multiple-Prism Arrays and Multiple-Prism Beam Expanders: Laser Optics and Scientific Applications, F. J. Duarte (pp. 405-423; 67 references).

14. Optical Quantities and Conversion of Units, F. J. Duarte (pp. 425-428; 6 references).

15. Index (pp. 429-438).

Reviews

"... a comprehensive and detailed foray into tunable lasers and their applications. ... a worthy addition to the bookshelf of the academic or student. I would buy it for chapter two alone."

"... stimulating and could lead to self-improvement to Ph.D research scholars, technicians, and students working in the area of robust design of solid-state dye lasers and applications. ... very useful."

"... an encyclopedic compilation ... invaluable for researchers as a work of reference to get a survey of this dynamic field of research or, as the authors state, as a primer for those interested in getting acquainted with this topic."

Preface

Broadly tunable lasers continue to have a tremendous impact in many and diverse fields of science and technology. From a renaissance in laser spectroscopy, to Bose– Einstein condensation, the one nexus is … the tunable laser. In this regard, numerous applications, from physics, to isotope separation, and all the way to medicine, depend on the tunable laser. This third edition includes 14 chapters. In this collection of chapters, two chapters are new, and all the other chapters have been updated and extended in their coverage. The subject matter ranges from the physics of tunable coherent sources and coherent microscopic instrumentation to exciting applications such as astronomy, defense, medicine, laser isotope separation, microscopy, and spectroscopy.

It is indeed a pleasure to offer to the scientific community this updated and enlarged third edition of Tunable Laser Applications. As editor, I remain indebted to all the contributing authors.

F. J. Duarte, Rochester, New York

Authors

• A. Costela, Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC, Spain.
• F. J. Duarte, Interferometric Optics, Rochester, New York, USA.
• I. García-Moreno, Instituto de Química Física "Rocasolano", CSIC, Spain.
• C. Gómez, Instituto de Química Física “Rocasolano”, C.S.I.C. Madrid, Spain.
• J. G. Haub, Laser Technologies Group Cyber & Electronic Warfare Division Defence Science and Technology Group Edinburgh, South Australia, Australia.
• Y. He, National Measurement Institute Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and MQ Photonics Research Centre Department of Physics and Astronomy Macquarie University Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• R. O. James, Interferometric Optics, Rochester, New York, USA.
• B. J. Orr, MQ Photonics Research Centre Department of Physics and Astronomy Macquarie University Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• S. Popov, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
• R. Sastre, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, CSIC, Spain.
• T. M. Shay, Shay Electro-Optical Engineering, Saint George, Utah, USA.
• R. T. White, Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing and School of Physical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

F. J. Duarte (Ed.), Tunable Laser Applications, Second Edition (CRC, New York, 2009)

ISBN: 1420060090

This updated-enlarged edition of Tunable Laser Applications emphasizes spectroscopic, medical, and biomedical applications of tunable coherent sources. It includes: 15 chapters, 147 figures,36 tables, 280 equations, more than 1300 references, and an extensive index.

A brief list of corrections, for the readers of Tunable Laser Applications, is available in PDF form.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction, F. J. Duarte (pp. 1-14; 113 references).
2. Spectroscopic Applications of Pulsed Tunable Optical Parametric Oscillators, B. J. Orr, Y. He, and R. T. White (pp. 15-95; 397 references).
   • Introduction
   • Optical Parametric Devices: How They Operate
   • Nanosecond-Pulsed Optical Parametric Oscillators
   • Continuous-Wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
   • Ulrafast Optical Parametric Oscillators
   • Optical Parametric Devices for Spectroscopic Applications
   • Optical Bandwidth Control in Nanosecond-Pulsed OPOs
   • Factors Influencing Optical Bandwidth and Tunability
   • Injection-Seeded Pulsed OPOs: Early Days
   • Injection-Seeded Pulsed OPOs: Recent Progress
   • Spectroscopic Measurements Using OPOs
   • Spectroscopic Verification of OPO Performance
   • OPO Spectroscopic Sensing of Atoms and Molecules
   • CARS Microscopy: A Biomedical Application of OPOs
   • New Frontiers for OPO Spectroscopy
3. Solid-State Dye Lasers, A. Costela, I. García-Moreno, and R. Sastre (pp. 97-120; 50 references).
   • Organic Polymers
   • Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials
   • Silicon-Modified Organic Matrices
   • Polymers with Nano and Microparticles
   • Applications
4. Tunable Lasers Based on Dye-Doped Polymer Gain Media Incorporating Homogeneous Distributions of Functional Nanoparticles, F. J. Duarte and R. O. James (pp. 121-142; 80 references).
   • Tunable Laser Oscillator Review
   • Synthesis of DDPN Laser Gain Media
   • Experimental Results and Laser Emission
   • Interferometric Interpretation
   • Invisibility of Nanoparticle Distributions in the Visible Electromagnetic Spectrum
   • Laser Spectroscopy
   • Laser Medicine
5. Broadly Tunable Dispersive External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers, F. J. Duarte (pp. 143-177; 106 references).
   • Dispersive Oscillator Cavities
   • Interference and Diffraction
   • Intracavity Dispersion
   • Ray Transfer Matrices
   • Linewidth
   • Wavelength Tuning
   • Tuning Miniature MEMS-Driven Cavities
   • Tuning Using Bragg Gratings
   • Performance of Tunable External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers
   • Performance of Ultrashort-Pulse External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers
   • Applications
6. Tunable Fiber Lasers, T. M. Shay and F. J. Duarte (pp. 179-196; 37 refrerences).
   • Core and Cladding Pumped Fiber Lasers
   • Tunable Fiber Laser Configurations
   • Multiple-Prism Grating Configurations
   • Demostrated Tunable Fiber Laser Performance
7. Fiber Laser Overview and Medical Applications, S. Popov (pp. 197-226; 89 references).
   • Introduction
   • Lasers in Medicine and Life Sciences
   • Principles, Types and Performance of Fiber Lasers
   • Erbium Lasers
   • Ytterbium Lasers
   • Thulium Lasers
   • Holmium Lasers
   • Co-Doped and ZBLAN Fiber Lasers
   • Supercontinuum Fiber Lasers
   • Making and Marking Tools and Instruments for the Medical Industry
8. Medical Applications of Dye Lasers, A. Costela, I. García-Moreno, and R. Sastre (pp. 227-243; 89 references).
   • Laser Treatment of Vascular Lesions
   • Laser Treatment of Port-Wine Stains
   • Laser Treatment of Hemangiomas
   • Laser Treatment of Scars and Keliods
   • Laser Treatment of Tattoos
   • Lithotripsy
   • Laser Angioplasty
   • Dye Lasers for Photodynamic Therapy
   • Laser Safety in Medicine
9. Biological Microscopy With Ultrashort Laser Pulses, J. L. Thomas and W. Rudolph (pp. 245-280; 95 references).
   • Introduction
   • Nonlinear Microscopy
   • Plasmon Excitation
   • Coherent Quantum Control in Microscopy
   • Saturation Microscopies
   • Microscopy With Time and Coherent Gating
   • Femtosecond Oscillators
   • Femtosecond Fiber Laser
   • Q-Switching
   • Cavity Dumping
   • Long Cavities
   • External Storage Cavities
   • Pulse Amplification
   • Multiphoton Fluorescence Microscopy
   • Harmonic Microscopies
   • Four-Wave Mixing Microscopies
10. Pused, Tunable, Monochromatic X-Rays: Medical And Non-Medical Applications, F. E. Carroll (pp. 281-309; 41 references).
    • Introduction
    • The Medical Free Electron Laser Program
    • How do Monochromatic X-Rays Differ from Other X-Ray Currently Available?
    • Desirable Design Characteristics for a Compact Practical Device
    • Generation 3
    • Therapeutic Applications
    • What About the Children?
    • Tunable Monochromatic Mammography in 3D
    • K-Edge Imaging
    • Phase Contrast Imaging
    • Time-of-Flight Imaging
    • Protein Crystallography
    • Military and Industrial Applications
11. Lithum Spectroscopy Using Tunable Diode Lasers, I. E. Olivares (pp. 311-339; 53 references).
    • Introduction
    • Description of Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy
    • Multilevel Atoms
    • Detailed Saturation Absorption Calculations Using Matrix Elements
    • The Saturated Absorption Spectrometer
    • Spectroscopic Calculations
    • Using Diode Laser Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy
    • Lithium Isotope Separation Using Tunable Diode Lasers
    • Applications of Lithium Isotopes
12. Interferometric Imaging, F. J. Duarte (pp. 341-373; 38 references).
    • Introduction
    • Tunable Lasers
    • The Interferometer
    • Interferometric Theory
    • Interferometric Calculations
    • Densitometry in the Microscopic Domain
    • Detection of Surface Microdefects
    • Photographic Film Grain Structure
    • Assessment of Transmission Gratings and MTF
    • Theoretical Enhancement of the Resolution of Photodiode Arrays
    • Laser Printing
    • Wavelength Measurements
    • Secure Interferometric Communications in Free Space
    • Interferometry in Textiles
    • Applications to Biomedicine
13. Multiple-Prism Arrays and Multiple-Prism Beam Expanders: Laser Optics and Scientific Applications, F. J. Duarte (pp. 375-378; 62 references).
    • Introduction
    • Dispersion Theory of Multiple-Prism Arrays
    • The Interferometric Origing of Dispersion
    • Applications to Laser Optics
    • Applications to Laser Spectroscopy and Sequential Laser Excitation
    • Applications to Guide Stars and Astronomy
    • Applications to Pulse Compression and Ultrashort Pulse Lasers
    • Applications to Microscopy and Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
    • Applications to Interferometry and Optical Metrology
14. Coherent Electrically-Excited Organic Semiconductors, F. J. Duarte (pp. 389-404; 41 references).
    • Introduction
    • Tunable Narrow-Linewidth Solid-State Organic Lasers
    • Spatial and Spectral Coherence
    • Electrically Excited Interferometric Emitter
    • Measured Beam Divergence and Interferograms
    • Physical Interpretation of Measurements
    • Interferometric Linewidth Estimate
    • Coherent Emission and Laser Emission
15. Appendix on Optical Quantities and Conversion of Units, F. J. Duarte (pp. 405-408; 6 references).
16. Index (pp. 409-444).

Note: this is a partial Table of Contents

Authors

• F. E. Carroll, MXISystems and Vanderbilt University, USA.
• A. Costela, Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC, Spain.
• F. J. Duarte, Interferometric Optics and University of New Mexico, USA.
• I. García-Moreno, Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC, Spain.
• Y. He, MQ Photonics Research Centre, Macquarie University, Australia.
• R. O. James, QED Technologies, USA.
• I. E. Olivares, Universidad de Santiago, Chile.
• B. J. Orr, MQ Photonics Research Centre, Macquarie University, Australia.
• S. Popov, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
• W. Rudolph, University of New Mexico.
• R. Sastre, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, CSIC, Spain.
• T. M. Shay, US Air Force Research Laboratory, USA.
• J. L. Thomas, University of New Mexico, USA.
• R. T. White, MQ Photonics Research Centre, Macquarie University, Australia.

F. J. Duarte (Ed.), Tunable Laser Applications (Marcel-Dekker, New York, 1995)

ISBN: 0-8247-8928-8

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION, F. J. Duarte, pp. 1-10.
2. SPECTROSCOPIC APPLICATIONS OF PULSED TUNABLE OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS, B. J. Orr, M. J. Johnson, and J. G. Haub, pp. 11-82.
3. DISPERSIVE EXTERNAL-CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS, F. J. Duarte, pp. 83-112.
4. APPLICATIONS OF ULTRASHORT PULSES, X. M. Zhao, S. Diddams, and J. C. Diels, pp. 113-151.
5. INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING, F. J. Duarte, pp. 153-178.
6. MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE FREE ELECTRON LASER, F. Carroll and C. Brau, pp. 179-212.
7. LIDAR FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND HYDROSPHERIC STUDIES, W. B. Grant, pp. 213-305.

Contains 71 figures, 12 tables, 104 equations, and more than 1100 references in 313 pages.

AUTHORS

• C. Brau, Vanderbilt University, USA.
• F. Carroll, Vanderbilt University, USA.
• S. Diddams, The University of New Mexico, USA.
• J. C. Diels, The University of New Mexico, USA.
• F. J. Duarte, Eastman Kodak Company, USA.
• W. B. Grant, NASA Langley Research Center, USA.
• J. G. Haub, Macquarie University, USA.
• M. J. Johnson, Macquarie University, USA.
• B. J. Orr, Macquarie University, USA.
• X. M. Zhao, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA.

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