Principles of Lasers /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Springer US,
1998.
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introductory Concepts
- Interaction of Radiation with Atoms and Ions
- Energy Levels, Radiative, and Nonradiative Transitions in Molecules and Semiconductors
- Ray and Wave Propagation Through Optical Media
- Passive Optical Resonators
- Pumping Processes
- Continuous Wave Laser Behavior
- Transient Laser Behavior
- Solid-State, Dye, and Semiconductor Lasers
- Gas, Chemical, Free Electron, and X-Ray Lasers
- Properties of Laser Beams
- Laser Beam Transformation: Propagation, Amplification, Frequency Conversion, Pulse Compression, and Pulse Expansion
- Appendixes: Semiclassic Treatment of the Interaction of Radiation and Matter
- Line Shape Calculation for Collision Broadening
- Simplified Treatment of Amplified Spontaneous Emission
- Calculating Radiative Transition Rates of Molecular Transitions
- Space-Dependent Rate Equations
- Mode-Locking Theory: Homogeneous Line
- Propagation of a Laser Through a Dispersive Medium or a Gain Medium
- Higher Order Coherence
- Physical Constants and Useful Conversion Factors
- Answers to Selected Problems
- Index.