Polyteknisk Boghandel

Lasers A comprehensive introduction to the operating principles and applications of lasers. Explains basic principles, including the necessary elements of classical and quantum physics. Provides concise discussions of various laser types including gas, solid state, semiconductor, and free electron lasers, as well as of laser resonators, diffraction, optical coherence, and many applications including holography, phase conjugation, wave mixing, and nonlinear optics. Incorporates many intuitive explanations and practical examples. Discussions are self-contained in a consistent notation and in a style that should appeal to physicists, chemists, optical scientists and engineers.An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.

Useful Tables. Introduction to Laser Operation. Classical Dispersion Theory. Classical Theory of Absorption. Atoms, Molecules, and Solids. The Schr?dinger Equation. The Time-Dependent Schr?dinger Equation. Emission and Absorption and Rate Equations. Semiclassical Radiation Theory. Wave-Particle Duality of Light. Laser Oscillation: Gain and Threshold. Laser Oscillation: Power and Frequency. Multimode and Transient Oscillation. Specific Lasers and Pumping Mechanisms. Laser Resonators. Optical Coherence and Lasers. Some Laser Applications. Introduction to Nonlinear Optics. Nonlinear Optics: Higher-Order Processes.