Physics of Solid-State Laser Materials

Energy level of Free Ions.- Group Theory and Quantum Theory.- Rare Earth Ions in Materials.- Theory of Radiation Transition.-Spectroscopic Parameter and Their Calculation.- Phonon and Spectral Line.- Energy Levels and Spectroscope Properties of Transition Metal Ions.- Radiationless Transition Inside Ions.- Energy Transfer and Migration Between Ions.- Laser and Physical Properties of Materials.- Composite Function of Laser Crystal.- Apparent Crystal Field model of laser glass and its application.- Appendix.- Index.

Zundu Luo is a professor at Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (FIRSM), Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has been working in the field of spectroscopic physics and laser crystal research since 1965, serving as the leading scientist of the research group of new laser crystal materials from 1982 to 2003. He has published more than 100 articles in SCI indexed journals and has been awarded the Second Class Prize of China's National Science and Technology Progress and the First Class Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Yidong Huang got his Ph.D. from Strathclyde University in 1997. He became a professor at Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (FIRSM), Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999. He is currently a member of the council of Chinese Optical Society. His research interests include laser and luminescence properties of rare earth and transition metal ions in solids; new laser and non-linear crystals, laser glasses, solid luminescence materials, and related devices. He has been working in the field of laser crystal and solid state laser since 1987, as the leading scientist of the research group of laser crystal and solid state laser from 2004. He has published more than 200 articles in SCI indexed journals, and owns more than 20 patents. As a partner, he got one Second Class Prize of China's national science and technology progress and one First Class Prize of scientific and technological progress of Chinese Academy of Sciences.