Principles of Lasers
Edition: 4th ed. 1998. Corr. 3rd printing edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 24, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 628
ISBN-13: 9780306457487
Subjects: Laser technology; Laser Physics; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Lasers; Technology / Lasers; Electron Microscopes & Microscopy
First sentence: To describe the phenomenon of spontaneous emission (Fig. 1.1a), let us consider two energy levels, 1 and 2, of some atom or molecule of a given material with energies E1 and E2 (E1 &lt; E2), respectively.