SPIE - Education Modifying Lasers SC367

Lasers are becoming increasingly important in our high-technology environment. Many technicians and engineers who sell, install, operate, and maintain them have limited training in the field of electro-optics. The result can be less efficient usage of these important tools. This five part series presents the fundamental operating principles of lasers in an intuitive, non-mathematical manner. Part 4 of the series addresses how lasers can be modified by covering such topics as:Q-switching, cavity dumping, mode locking, laser bandwidth, along with an introduction to nonlinear optics Lasers are becoming increasingly important in our high-technology environment. Many technicians and engineers who sell, install, operate, and maintain them have limited training in the field of electro-optics. The result can be less efficient usage of these important tools. This five part series presents the fundamental operating principles of lasers in an intuitive, non-mathematical manner. Part 4 of the series addresses how lasers can be modified by covering such topics as:Q-switching, cavity dumping, mode locking, laser bandwidth, along with an introduction to nonlinear optics