LASER SOURCES TODAY AND TOMORROW

M. Weber

Properties of current gas, liquid and solid-state laser sources are surveyed briefly, including the prospects for their further development. Of particular interest are recent advances in semiconductor diode and tunable solid-state lasers and the expanding experimental activities in x-ray lasers and free electron lasers. Improved electron beams and periodic magnetic structures (wigglers, undulators) are technologies that free electron lasers share with advanced synchroton radiation sources. The tunable, high-brightness, partially coherent radiation from the latter will also be useful for many applications.

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M. Weber. LASER SOURCES TODAY AND TOMORROW. Journal de Physique Colloques, 1987, 48 (C7), pp.C7-3-C7-11. ⟨10.1051/jphyscol:1987701⟩. ⟨jpa-00226906⟩