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Le laser n'a pas fini de nous étonner et nous sommes encore loin d'avoir épuisé toutes les possibilités que cette invention, qui a maintenant cinquante ans, offre à nous. En plus de performances qu'on peut qualifier de toujours plus extraordinaires, le champ des applications du laser ne cesse de grandir. Indispensables à notre vie "idienne avec les lecteurs CD, DVD, Blu-Ray ou codes-barres ; irremplaçables dans l'industrie et les hôpitaux, ils permettent aussi des avancées spectaculaires de la recherche fondamentale : optique quantique, horloges ultra précises, lasers à atomes, tests de la relativité générale. Ce livre préfacé par Charles Townes, prix Nobel et inventeur du laser, a été écrit par les meilleurs spécialistes français du domaine. Après un bref rappel des principes, cet ouvrage offre un panorama des différents types de lasers, des plus petits aux plus puissants. Il effectue un vaste tour d'horizon de leurs applications et donne un aperçu des développements les plus récents. Ce livre a obtenu le prix Arnulf-Françon 2011 de la Société Française d'Optique. Ce prix récompense la réalisation de supports pédagogiques destinés à l'enseignement de l'Optique dans l'enseignement supérieur.

Lasers --- Research. --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators

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Invention of the solid-state laser has initiated the beginning of the laser era. Performance of solid-state lasers improved amazingly during five decades. Nowadays, solid-state lasers remain one of the most rapidly developing branches of laser science and become an increasingly important tool for modern technology. This book represents a selection of chapters exhibiting various investigation directions in the field of solid-state lasers and the cutting edge of related applications. The materials are contributed by leading researchers and each chapter represents a comprehensive study reflecting advances in modern laser physics. Considered topics are intended to meet the needs of both specialists in laser system design and those who use laser techniques in fundamental science and applied research. This book is the result of efforts of experts from different countries. I would like to acknowledge the authors for their contribution to the book. I also wish to acknowledge Vedran Kordic for indispensable technical assistance in the book preparation and publishing.

Lasers. --- Solid-state lasers. --- Crystal lasers --- Lasers --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators --- Physical Sciences --- Engineering and Technology --- Optoelectronics --- Physics --- Optics and Lasers

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Bridging the gap between laser physics and applied mathematics, this book offers a new perspective on laser dynamics. Combining fresh treatments of classic problems with up-to-date research, asymptotic techniques appropriate for nonlinear dynamical systems are shown to offer a powerful alternative to numerical simulations. The combined analytical and experimental description of dynamical instabilities provides a clear derivation of physical formulae and an evaluation of their significance. Starting with the observation of different time scales of an operating laser, the book develops approximation techniques to systematically explore their effects. Laser dynamical regimes are introduced at different levels of complexity, from standard turn-on experiments to stiff, chaotic, spontaneous or driven pulsations. Particular attention is given to quantitative comparisons between experiments and theory. The book broadens the range of analytical tools available to laser physicists and provides applied mathematicians with problems of practical interest, making it invaluable for graduate students and researchers.

Lasers. --- Lasers --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators --- Mathematics. --- Dynamics. --- Mathematical models. --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Statics

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Miniaturization and high precision are rapidly becoming a requirement for many industrial processes and products. As a result, there is greater interest in the use of laser microfabrication technology to achieve these goals. This book composed of 16 chapters covers all the topics of laser precision processing from fundamental aspects to industrial applications to both inorganic and biological materials. It reviews the sate of the art of research and technological development in the area of laser processing.

Lasers -- Industrial applications. --- Manufacturing processes. --- Microfabrication. --- Lasers --- Microfabrication --- Manufacturing processes --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Applied Physics --- Industrial applications --- Industrial applications. --- Nanotechnology. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- High technology --- Lasers. --- Photonics. --- New optics --- Optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators

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Laser materials processing has made tremendous progress and is now at the forefront of industrial and medical applications. The book describes recent advances in smart and nanoscaled materials going well beyond the traditional cutting and welding applications. As no analytical methods are described the examples are really going into the details of what nowadways is possible by employing lasers for sophisticated materials processing giving rise to achievements not possible by conventional materials processing.

Industrial applications. --- Lasers -- Industrial applications. --- Lasers. --- Materials science. --- Lasers --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Applied Physics --- Industrial applications --- Nanotechnology. --- Engineering. --- Optical materials. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Engineering, general. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Optics --- Materials --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- High technology --- Photonics. --- Electronic materials. --- Electronic materials --- New optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators