Laser Crystals: Their Physics and Properties

1. Brief Review of the Development of Laser Crystal Physics.- 2. Spectral and Laser Characteristics of Activated Crystals.- 3. Operating Schemes and Types of Lasers Based on Activated Crystals.- 4. Stark Level Structure and Optical Transition Intensities of Activator Ions in Laser Crystals.- 5. Summary of the Properties of Activated Laser Crystals.- 6. Luminescence and Stimulated-Emission Properties of Laser Crystals in the Y2O3-Al2O3 System.- 7. Self-Activated Laser Crystals.- 8. Stimulated-Emission Wavelengths of Lasers Based on Activated Crystals.- 9. Laser-Crystal Physics.