Principles of Lasers / by Orazio Svelto.

This book is motivated by the very favorable reception given to the previous editions as well as by the considerable range of new developments in the laser field since the publication of the third edition in 1989. These new developments include, among others, quantum-well and muitiple-quantum-wellia...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Svelto, Orazio
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1998.
Edition:Fourth edition.
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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.