ABSTRACT

For years scientists turned to the CRC Handbook of Laser Science & Technology for reliable data on optical materials. Out of print for several years, that standard-setting work now has a successor: the Handbook of Optical Materials.

This new handbook is an authoritative compilation of the physical properties of materials used in all types of lasers and optical systems. In it, scientist, author, and editor Dr. Marvin J. Weber provides extensive data tabulations and references for the most important optical materials, including crystals, glasses, polymers, metals, liquids, and gases. The properties detailed include both linear and nonlinear optical properties, mechanical properties, thermal properties together with many additional special properties, such as electro-, magneto-, and elasto-optic properties.

Using a minimum of narration and logically organized by material properties, the handbook's unique presentation simplifies the process of comparing different materials for their suitability in particular applications. Appendices furnish a wealth of other useful information, including lists of the many abbreviations and acronyms that proliferate in this field. The Handbook of Optical Materials is simply the most complete one-stop source available for materials data essential to lasers and optical systems.

part |2 pages

Section 1: Crystalline Materials

chapter 1|32 pages

1 Introduction

chapter 1|27 pages

2 Physical Properties

chapter 1|45 pages

3 Optical Properties

chapter 1|15 pages

4 Mechanical Properties

chapter 1|13 pages

5 Thermal Properties

chapter 1|13 pages

6 Magnetooptic Properties

chapter 1|11 pages

7 Electrooptic Properties

chapter 1|6 pages

8 Elastrooptic Properties

chapter 1|54 pages

9 Nonlinear Optical Properties

part |2 pages

Section 2: Glasses

chapter 2|7 pages

1 Introduction

chapter 2|5 pages

2 Commercial Optical Glasses

chapter 2|4 pages

3 Specialty Optical Glasses

chapter 2|4 pages

4 Fused Silica

chapter 2|3 pages

5 Fluoride Glasses

chapter 2|2 pages

6 Chalcogenide Glasses

chapter 2|5 pages

7 Magnetooptic Properties

chapter 2|2 pages

8 Electrooptic Properties

chapter 2|8 pages

9 Elastooptic Properties

chapter 2|10 pages

10 Nonlinear Optical Properties

chapter 2|22 pages

11 Special Glasses

part |3 pages

Section 3: Polymeric Materials

chapter 3|4 pages

1 Optical Plastics

chapter 3|1 pages

2 Index of Refraction

chapter 3|6 pages

3 Nonlinear Optical Properties

chapter 3|4 pages

4 Thermal Properties

part |2 pages

Section 4: Metals

chapter 4|1 pages

1 Physical Properties of Selected Metals

chapter 4|52 pages

2 Optical Properties

chapter 4|2 pages

3 Mechanical Properties

chapter 4|2 pages

4 Thermal Properties

chapter 4|1 pages

5 Mirror Substrate Materials

part |2 pages

Section 5: Liquids

chapter 5|9 pages

1 Introduction

chapter 5|7 pages

3 Physical Properties of Selected Liquids

chapter 5|7 pages

4 Index of Refraction

chapter 5|27 pages

5 Nonlinear Optical Properties

chapter 5|6 pages

6 Magnetooptic Properties

chapter 5|8 pages

7 Commercial Optical Liquids

part |2 pages

Section 6: Gases

chapter 6|1 pages

1 Introduction

chapter 6|5 pages

2 Physical Properties of Selected Gases

chapter 6|15 pages

3 Index of Refraction

chapter 6|7 pages

4 Nonlinear Optical Properties

chapter 6|2 pages

5 Magnetooptic Properties