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- Covers the most recent advances in mid-infrared optical science and technology
- Is multidisciplinary by bringing together many aspects of mid-infrared technology in a comprehensive and focused volume
- Covers both system engineering and development as well as applications
- Is of interest to emerging scientific and technological applications in environment, photomedicine, photochemistry, life sciences, spectroscopy, safety and security
Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics (NAPSB)
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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.
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Book Title: Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources and Applications
Editors: Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, Irina T. Sorokina
Series Title: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6463-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6439-5Published: 02 January 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6462-3Published: 20 December 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6463-0Published: 31 October 2007
Series ISSN: 1874-6500
Series E-ISSN: 1874-6535
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 626
Topics: Engineering, general, Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Solid State Physics, Spectroscopy and Microscopy