Download or read book Optical Resonators — Science and Engineering written by R. Kossowsky and published by Springer. This book was released on 1998 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 33 of the papers presented at the Advanced Research Workshop in July 1997. The workshop was designed to initiate a dialogue among specialists in resonator and cavity design from NATO and CP countries. The papers fall under the headings of physics and theory, phase conjugation, optics, and optimization of design. Topics include nonorthogonal optical modes and resonators; thermal lensing in Kerr-lens modelocked solid-state lasers; beam divergency studies on a long pulse XeCl excimer laser; highly efficient high-average power Nd:YAG laser with a passive Q-switch; and creation of channels into Ti:sapphire waveguiding layers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR