An up-to-date perspective on laser technology for students at advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate level. The principles of operation and applications of modern laser systems are analysed in detail. The text has over 300 diagrams and each chapter is accompanied with questions (solutions available onapplication). INDICE: 1: Introduction; 2: The interaction of radiation and matter; 3:Broadening mechanisms and lineshapes; 4: Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radi- ation; 5: Gain saturation; 6: The laser oscillator; 7: Solid-state lasers; 8: Dynamic Cavity Effects; 9: Semiconductor Lasers; 10: FibreLasers; 11: Atomic Gas Lasers; 12: Infra-red molecular gas lasers; 13: Ultraviolet Molecular Gas Lasers; 14: Dye Lasers; 15: Nonlinear frequency conversi; 16: Precision frequency control of lasers; 17: Ultrafast lasers; 18: Short-wavelength lasers; Appendix A Semi-classical theory; Appendix B The Spectral Einstein Coefficients; Appendix C Kleinman's conjecture
- ISBN: 978-0-19-850692-8
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 608
- Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés