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Con tents vi

8. Long-Term Line-Center Stabilization of CO,
Lasers 82
9. Absolute Frequencies of Regular Band Lasing
Transitions in Nine CO, Isotopic Species 95
10. Pressure Shifts in Line-Center-Stabilized CO,
Lasers 137
1 1. Small-Signal Gain and Saturation Intensity of
Regular Band Lasing Transitions in Sealed-off
CO, Isotope Lasers 144
12. Laser Design 149
13. Spanning the Frequency Range between Line-Center
Stabilized CO, Laser Transitions 154
14. Spectroscopic Use of CO, Lasers outside Their
Fundamental 8.9- to 12.4-pm Wavelength Range 159
References 16 1

1. Introduction 167
2. Laser-Pumped Pulsed Dye Lasers 172
3. Flashlamp-Pumped Dye Lasers 179
4. cw Laser-Pumped Dye Lasers 184
5. Femtosecond-Pulsed Dye Lasers 191
6. Solid-state Dye Lasers 195
Appendix of Laser Dyes 200
References 215

Transition Metal Solid-state Lasers

Norman P. Barnes
1. Introduction 219
2. Transition Metal and Lanthanide Series Lasers 225
3. Physics of Transition Metal Lasers 232
4. Cr:A1,0, 246
5. Cr:BeA1,04 251
6. Ti:Al,O, 258
7. Cr:LiCaA1F6 and Cr:LiSrAlF, 263
8. Cr:GSGG, Cr:YSAG, and Cr:GSAG 270
9. Co:MgF,, Ni:MgF,, and VMgF, 275
18. Wavelength Control Methods 281
References 288