Masers & lasers : an historical approach / Mario Bertolotti.
This book examines the progress of research and practical use of lasers chronologically, covering the fundamental science in detail alongside fascinating biographical sketches of famous physicists and summaries of seminal papers. It supplies helpful drawings of prototype devices, conceptual diagrams...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full Text (via Taylor & Francis) |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Other title: | Masers and lasers. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Italian |
| Published: |
Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
[2015]
|
| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Stimulated Emission : Could the Laser Have Been Built More than 80 Years Ago?
- Intermezzo : Magnetic Resonance and Optical Pumping
- The Maser
- The Laser
- The First Lasers
- Laser Properties and Progresses in Novel Lasers
- Nonlinear Optics
- More Exotic Lasers
- The Statistical Properties of Light.