We examine the potential for detecting and studying Higgs bosons at a photon-photon collider facility associated with a future linear collider. Our study incorporates realistic $\gamma \gamma$ luminosity spectra based on the most probable available laser technology. Results include detector simulations. We study the cases of (a) a standard-model-like Higgs boson, (b) the heavy minimal supersymmetric standard model Higgs bosons, and (c) a Higgs boson with no $WW/ZZ$ couplings from a general two Higgs doublet model.

• Received 26 October 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.035009