TY - BOOK ID - 5453354 TI - Mid-infrared coherent sources and applications AU - Ebrahimzadeh, M. AU - Sorokina, Irina T. PY - 2008 SN - 1281108340 1402064632 140206439X PB - Dordrecht : Springer Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Laser materials. KW - Solid-state lasers. KW - Engineering. KW - Solid state physics. KW - Physical measurements. KW - Measurement. KW - Spectroscopy. KW - Microscopy. KW - Engineering, general. KW - Measurement Science and Instrumentation. KW - Solid State Physics. KW - Spectroscopy and Microscopy. KW - Analysis, Microscopic KW - Light microscopy KW - Micrographic analysis KW - Microscope and microscopy KW - Microscopic analysis KW - Optical microscopy KW - Optics KW - Analysis, Spectrum KW - Spectra KW - Spectrochemical analysis KW - Spectrochemistry KW - Spectroscopy KW - Chemistry, Analytic KW - Interferometry KW - Radiation KW - Wave-motion, Theory of KW - Absorption spectra KW - Light KW - Spectroscope KW - Measuring KW - Mensuration KW - Mathematics KW - Technology KW - Metrology KW - Physical measurements KW - Measurements, Physical KW - Mathematical physics KW - Measurement KW - Physics KW - Solids KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Qualitative KW - Crystal lasers KW - Lasers KW - Materials UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5453354 AB - Coherent sources of mid-infrared (mid-IR) radiation are of great interest for a wide range of scienti?c and technological applications from spectroscopy and frequency metrology to information technology, industrial process control, pho- chemistry, photobiology and photomedicine. The mid-IR spectrum, which may be de?ned as wavelengths beyond ?2µm, covers important atmospheric windows, and numerous molecular gases, toxic agents, air, water, and soil pollutants, c- ponents of human breath, and several explosive agents have strong absorption ?ngerprints in this region. The development of practical coherent solid-state sources in the mid-IR can thus provide indispensable tools for a variety of - plications in environmental monitoring and pollution control, detection of water and soil contaminants, food quality control, agriculture and life sciences, and n- invasive disease diagnosis and therapy through breath analysis. Coherent mid-IR sources also offer important technologies for atmospheric chemistry, free-space communication, imaging, rapid detection of explosives, chemical and biological agents, nuclear material and narcotics, as well as applications in air- and sea-born safety and security, amongst many. The timely advancement of coherent mid-IR sources is, therefore, vital to future progress in many application areas across a broad range of scienti?c, technological, and industrial disciplines. On the other hand, more than 40 years after the invention of laser, much of the mid-IR spectrum still remains inaccessible to conventional lasers due to fun- mental limitations, most notably a lack of suitable crystalline laser gain materials. ER -