Principles of Lasers /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Svelto, Orazio
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1998.
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.