
This volume contains the lectures and seminars presented at the NATO Ad- vanced Study Institute on "Solid State Lasers: New Developments and Appli- cations" the fifteenth course of the Europhysics School of Quantum Electronics, held under the supervision of the Quantum Electronics...

Resonator Designs for High Brightness Solid-State Lasers; G. Cerullo et al. Defining and Measuring Laser Beam Quality; A.E. Siegman. Model-Locked Solid-State Lasers; A.I. Ferguson, G.P.A. Malcolm. High Power Rod, Slab, and Tube Lasers; U. Wittrock. Solid-State Laser Materials;...