Principles of Lasers

• Main Author: Svelto, Orazio. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Edition: Fifth.
• Subjects: Physics.; Radiology, Medical.; Microwaves.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Imaging / Radiology.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1302-9

This new Fifth Edition of Principles of Lasers incorporates corrections to the previous edition. The texts essential mission remains the same: to provide a wide-ranging yet unified description of laser behavior, physics, technology, and current applications. Dr. Svelto emphasizes the physical rathe...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory Concepts
• Interaction of Radiation with Atoms and Ions
• Energy Levels, Radiative, and Nonradiative Transitions in Molecules and Semiconductors
• Ray and Wave Propagation Through Optical Media
• Passive Optical Resonators
• Pumping Processes
• Continuous Wave Laser Behavior
• Transient Laser Behavior
• Solid-State, Dye, and Semiconductor Lasers
• Gas, Chemical, Free Electron, and X-Ray Lasers
• Properties of Laser Beams
• Laser Beam Transformation: Propagation, Amplification, Frequency Conversion, Pulse Compression, and Pulse Expansion
• Appendixes: Semiclassic Treatment of the Interaction of Radiation and Matter
• Line Shape Calculation for Collision Broadening
• Simplified Treatment of Amplified Spontaneous Emission
• Calculating Radiative Transition Rates of Molecular Transitions
• Space-Dependent Rate Equations
• Mode-Locking Theory: Homogeneous Line
• Propagation of a Laser Through a Dispersive Medium or a Gain Medium
• Higher Order Coherence
• Physical Constants and Useful Conversion Factors
• Answers to Selected Problems
• Index.