Laser physics
By: Murray Sargent III, Marlan O. Scully, Willis E. Lamb, Jr
Contributors: Scully, Marlan O. (Marlan Orvil), 1939-; Lamb, Willis E. (Willis Eugene), 1913-2008
Publisher: Perseus Books
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780201069044; 9780201069037
Subjects: Quantum optics; Lasers
Notes: Originally published: 1974.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Wave mechanics; title: Atom-field interaction; title: Stimulated emission and dipole oscillators; title: Classical sustained oscillator; title: Ammonia beam maser; title: The state vector; title: The density matrix; title: Semiclassical laser theory; title: Multimode operation; title: Gas laser theory; title: The ring laser; title: The Zeeman laser; title: Coherent pulse propagation; title: Quantum theory of radiation; title: Coherent states; title: Reservoir theory: density operator methods; title: Quantum theory of the laser; title: Quantum laser theory and measurement; title: Reservoir theory: noise operator method; title: Langevin theory of laser fluctuations; title: Outlook.