Tunable Solid State Lasers Proceedings of the First International Conference La Jolla, Calif., June 13–15, 1984

I Operational Vibronic Lasers/Advanced Design and Applications.- Recent Advances in Transition-Metal-Doped Lasers.- Laser Action in Cr-Doped Garnets and Tungstates.- Optical and Lasing Properties of Cr3+,Co2+,Ni2+ and V2+ Doped Perovskites.- Recent Progress in High Repetition Rate High Power, Line-Narrowed Alexandrite Laser.- Alexandrite Laser Systems: Scaling to Kilowatt Powers.- An Overview of NASA Requirements for Tunable Solid State Laser Systems and Technology.- Laser Transmitters for Meteorological Lidar: NTAL Program.- II Vibronic Laser Materials Spectroscopy.- Recent Results on the Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Ions for Tunable Solid State Lasers.- Measurements of Ti3+:Al2O3 as a Lasing Material.- Stimulated Emission from Flashpumped Ti:Al2O3.- Laser Pumped Single Pass Gain.- Trivalent Cerium Doped Crystals as Tunable Laser Systems: Two Bad Apples.- Cuprous Ion Doped Crystals for Tunable Lasers.- III Vibronic Laser Materials Growth.- Transition Metals in Oxide Hosts.- Growth of Crystals for Solid State Lasers.- Growth of Fluoride Laser Host Crystals.- Growth of Co:MgF2 and Ti:Al2O3 Crystals for Solid State Laser Applications.- The Laser-Heated Pedestal Growth Method: A Powerful Tool in the Search for New High Performance Laser Crystals.- IV Vibronic Laser Theory and Cross-Fertilization Through Interdisciplinary Fields.- Energy Transfer in Vibronic Laser Materials.- Theory of Fluorescence Quenching in Low-Field Chromium Complexes in Solids.- Theoretical Methods for the Study of Transition Metals in Crystals.- Cu+ in Alkali Halides: Model Systems for Understanding Ions in Crystals.- Electron-Phonon Interaction and Defect Processes in Laser Materials.- Post Conference Contribution Laser Action of H3 Color Center in Diamond.- Index of Contributors.