Springer Series in Optical Sciences

Solid-State Laser Engineering is written from an industrialperspective and discusses in detail the characteristics,design, construction and practical problems of solid-statelasers. Emphasis is placed on engineering and practicalconsiderations, with a phenomenological treatment usingmodelsbeing preferred to abstract mathematical derivations.This new edition has been updated and revised to includeimportant developments, concepts and technologies that haveemerged since the publication of the first edition.