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1. Introduction Overview of the History, Performance Characteristics, and Applications of Solid-State Lasers 2. Properties of Solid-State Laser Materials 2.1 Overview 2.1.1 Host Materials 2.1.2 Active Ions 2.2 Ruby 2.3 Nd : YAG 2.4 Nd : Glass 2.4.1 Laser Properties 2.5 Nd : YLF 2.6 Nd : YVO4 2.7 Er : Glass . 2.8 Yb : YAG 2.9 Alexandrite 2.10 Ti : Sapphire 3. Laser Oscillator 3.1 Operation at Threshold 3.2 Gain Saturation 3.3 Circulating Power 3.4 Oscillator Performance Model 3.4.1 Conversion of Input to Output Energy 3.4.2 Laser Output 3.5 Relaxation Oscillations 3.6 Examples of Laser Oscillators 3.6.1 Lamp-Pumped cw Nd : YAG Laser 3.6.2 Diode Side-Pumped Nd : YAG Laser 3.6.3 End-Pumped Systems 4. Laser Amplifier 4.1 Pulse Amplification 4.2 Nd : YAG Amplifiers 4.3 Nd : Glass Amplifiers 4.4 Depopulation Losses 4.4.1 Amplified Spontaneous Emission 4.4.2 Prelasing and Parasitic Modes 4.5 Self-Focusing 5. Optical Resonator 5.1 Transverse Modes 5.1.1 Intensity Distribution 5.1.2 Characteristics of a Gaussian Beam 5.1.3 Resonator Configurations 5.1.4 Stability of Laser Resonators 5.1.5 Higher Order Modes 5.1.6 Diffraction Losses 5.1.7 Active Resonator 5.1.8 Mode-Selecting Techniques 6. Optical Pump Systems 6.1 Pump Sources 6.1.1 Flashlamps 6.1.2 Continuous Arc Lamps . 6.1.3 Laser Diodes 6.2 Pump Radiation Transfer Methods 6.2.1 Side-Pumping with Lamps 6.2.2 Side-Pumping with Diodes 6.2.3 End-Pumped Lasers 6.2.4 Face-Pumped Disks 7. Thermo-Optic Effects 7.1 Cylindrical Geometry 7.1.1 Temperature Distribution 7.1.2 Thermal Stresses 7.1.3 Photoelastic Effects 7.1.4 Thermal Lensing 7.1.5 Stress Birefringence 7.1.6 Compensation of Thermally Induced Optical Distortions 7.2 Slab and Disk Geometries 7.2.1 Rectangular-Slab Laser 7.2.2 Slab Laser with Zigzag Optical Path 7.2.3 Disk Amplifiers 7.3 End-Pumped Configurations 8. Q-Switching 8.1 Q-Switch Theory 8.1.1 Continuously Pumped, Repetitively Q-Switched Systems 8.2 Mechanical Devices 8.3 Electro-Optical Q-Switches 8.4 Acousto-Optic Q-Switches 8.4.1 Device Characteristics 8.5 Passive Q-Switch 9. Mode-Locking 9.1 Pulse Formation 9.2 Passive Mode-Locking 9.2.1 Liquid Dye Saturable Absorber 9.2.2 Kerr Lens Mode-Locking 9.3 Active Mode-Locking 9.3.1 AM Modulation 9.3.2 FM Modulation 9.4 Picosecond Lasers 9.4.1 AM Mode-Locking 9.4.2 FM Mode-Locking 9.5 Femtosecond Lasers 9.5.1 Laser Materials 9.5.2 Resonator Design