Good Books on DPSS Science??

I am currently reading my first laser book (Solid State Laser Engineering by Koechner) and I have learned so much from it, even though it was published some time ago. Once I'm done with this one, I'd love to read one on the physics of DPSS if there is a good book out there. Do any of you have a good recommendation for what I'm looking for? Thanks in advance for any help!

Sam or Steve are both resource gods of the laser world. If its knowledge your after then they are my top recommendations of people you can ask. I'm sure there are certainly other people as well who specialize in this area but I'm at a loss as to where to point you.

You can best contact Sam through his website and shooting him an email. Steve is mixedgas on the other site and frequents there fairly often. Can't hurt to message either one of them.

Good luck on your research. Seems laser technology is taking giant leaps year after year so not a bad idea to hop aboard.

Thanks for the tips!! I will send some emails later. I really would like to demystify the magic of DPSS in my brain...

If you'll manage to finish the Koechner book than you are all set to start developing own lasers

I don't recall any better book about SS lasers. Solid state lasers [or something in those words] by Scheps is quite simple. You can be more lucky to find chapters about DPSS lasers. Maybe you can visit the nearby university and check the Handbook of Lasers Technology and Applications, especially volume 2; as volumes are crazy expensive to buy.

If not to dive to a quantum physics level, the DPSS laser physics is quite simple It's more engineering than physics.