Principles of Lasers
By: by Orazio Svelto
Edition: Fourth Edition.
Publisher: Springer US
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 605
ISBN-13: 9781441932891; 9781475762662
Subjects: Physics; Microwaves
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Table of contents: title: Introductory Concepts; title: Interaction of Radiation with Atoms and Ions; title: Energy Levels, Radiative, and Nonradiative Transitions in Molecules and Semiconductors; title: Ray and Wave Propagation Through Optical Media; title: Passive Optical Resonators; title: Pumping Processes; title: Continuous Wave Laser Behavior; title: Transient Laser Behavior; title: Solid-State, Dye, and Semiconductor Lasers; title: Gas, Chemical, Free Electron, and X-Ray Lasers; title: Properties of Laser Beams; title: Laser Beam Transformation: Propagation, Amplification, Frequency Conversion, Pulse Compression, and Pulse Expansion; title: Appendixes: Semiclassic Treatment of the Interaction of Radiation and Matter; title: Line Shape Calculation for Collision Broadening; title: Simplified Treatment of Amplified Spontaneous Emission; title: Calculating Radiative Transition Rates of Molecular Transitions; title: Space-Dependent Rate Equations; title: Mode-Locking Theory: Homogeneous Line; title: Propagation of a Laser Through a Dispersive Medium or a Gain Medium; title: Higher Order Coherence; title: Physical Constants and Useful Conversion Factors; title: Answers to Selected Problems; title: Index.