CRC Handbook of Laser Science and Technology Supplement 2: Optical Materials (Crc Handbook of Laser Science and Technology, Supplement 2)

In the CRC Handbook of Laser Science and Technology: Supplement 2, experts summarize the discovery and properties of new optical materials that have appeared since the publication of Volumes III-V. Included are the latest advances in optical crystals, glasses and plastics, laser host materials, phase conjugation materials, linear electrooptic materials, nonlinear optical materials, magnetooptic materials, elastooptic materials, photorefractive materials, liquid crystals, and thin film coatings. The book also includes expanded coverage of optical waveguide materials and new sections on optical liquids, glass fiber lasers, diamond optics, and gradient index materials. Appendices include Designation of Russian Optical Glasses; Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Mineralogical or Common Names for Optical Materials; and Abbreviations for Methods of Preparing Optical Materials. Extensive tabulations of materials properties with references to the primary literature are provided throughout the supplement. The CRC Handbook of Laser Science and Technology: Supplement 2 represents the latest volume in the most comprehensive, up-to-date listing of the properties of optical materials for lasers and laser systems, making it an essential reference work for all scientists and engineers working in laser research and development. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Series Page......Page 3 Copyright Page......Page 5 Preface......Page 6 The Editor......Page 7 Contributors......Page 8 Table of Contents......Page 14 Section 1: Optical Crystals......Page 18 Section 2: Optical Glasses......Page 84 Section 3: Optical Plastics......Page 100 Section 4: Optical Liquids......Page 112 Section 5: Filter Materials......Page 130 Section 6: Linear Electrooptic Materials......Page 148 7.1. Organic and Inorganic Materials......Page 162 7.2. Cluster-Insulator Composites......Page 265 8.1.1. Inorganic Materials......Page 284 8.1.2. Organic Materials......Page 304 8.2.1. Inorganic Materials......Page 314 8.2.2. Organic Materials......Page 344 8.3. Stimulated Raman and Brillouin Scattering......Page 349 9.1. Crystals and Glasses......Page 382 9.2. Organic and Inorganic Liquids......Page 418 Section 10: Elastooptic Materials......Page 430 Section 11: Photorefractive Materials......Page 446 Section 12: Nonlinear Optical Phase Conjugation Materials......Page 482 Section 13: Gradient-Index Materials......Page 514 Section 14: Liquid Crystals......Page 524 Section 15: Diamond Optics......Page 596 Section 16: Laser Crystals......Page 610 17.1. Bulk Glasses......Page 634 17.2. Waveguide Glasses......Page 650 18.1. Crystals......Page 686 18.2. Glasses......Page 706 18.3. Plastic Optical Fibers......Page 765 Section 19: Optical Coatings for High Power Lasers......Page 782 Appendix 1: Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initialisms, and Mineralogical or Common Names of Optical Materials......Page 830 Appendix 2: Abbreviations for Methods of Preparing Optical Materials and Thin Films......Page 836 Appendix 3: Designations of Russian Optical Glasses......Page 838 Index......Page 842