Introduction to laser spectroscopy [[electronic resource] /] / Halina Abramczyk

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457297603321
• Autore: Abramczyk Halina
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier, 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-62176-1; 9786610621767; 0-08-045525-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 p.)
• Disciplina: 535.8/4
• Soggetti: Laser spectroscopy; Spectrum analysis; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: copyright; front matter; Acknowledgements; Preface; table of contents; body; 1. Basic Physics of Lasers; 1.1. SPONTANEOUS AND STIMULATED TRANSITIONS. EINSTEIN COEFFICIENTS. PROPERTIES OF STIMULATED RADIATION; 1.2. LASER OPERATION BASICS; 1.3. POPULATION INVERSION; 1.4. AMPLIFICATION AND SATURATION; REFERENCES 1; 2. Distribution of the Electromagnetic Field in the Optical Resonator; 2.1. LONGITUDINAL MODES; 2.2. QUALITY FACTOR OF RESONATOR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LINEWIDTH OF STIMULATED EMISSION AND RESONATOR QUALITY FACTOR; 2.3. TRANSVERSE MODES; REFERENCES 2; 3. Generation of Ultrashort Laser Pulses 3.1. MODELOCKING. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LINE WIDTH OF STIMULATED EMISSION AND PULSE DURATION; 3.2. METHODS OF MODELOCKING. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MODELOCKING; 3.3. Q-SWITCHING; 3.4. CAVITY DUMPING; REFERENCES 3; 4. Lasers; 4.1. RUBY LASER; 4.2. MOLECULAR GAS LASERS FROM THE INFRARED REGION; 4.2.1. Lasers Operating on Rotational Transitions; 4.2.2. Lasers Operating on Vibrational-Rotational Transitions: CO2 and CO; 4.3. CHEMICAL LASERS; 4.4. SOLID-STATE LASERS; 4.4.1. Neodymium Laser and other Rare-Earth ; Lasers; 4.4.2. Solid- State Tunable Lasers (Vibronic Lasers)4.4.3. Fiber Lasers; 4.5. GAS LASERS FOR THE VISIBLE RANGE; 4.5.1. Helium-Neon Laser; 4.5.2. Ion-Gas Lasers. Argon and Krypton Lasers; 4.6. LIQUID DYE LASERS; 4.7. GAS LASERS FOR THE ULTRAVIOLET RANGE; 4.7.1. Excimer Lasers; 4.7.2. Nitrogen Laser; 4.8. DIODE LASERS; 4.8.1. Intrinsic Semiconductors. Doped Semiconductors. Junction; 4.8.2. Diode Lasers; REFERENCES 4; 5. Nonlinear Optics; 5.1. SECOND ORDER NONLINEAR PHENOMENA; 5.2. PHASE MATCHING METHODS; 5.3. PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; 5.3.1. SHG for Pico- and Femtosecond Pulses 5.4. PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR; 5.5. THE THIRD ORDER NONLINEAR PROCESSES; 5.5.1. Stimulated Raman Scattering; 5.5.2. Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS); 5.5.3. The Other Techniques of Nonlinear Stimulated Raman Scattering; 5.6. NONLINEAR DISPERSION PHENOMENA AFFECTING PICOSECOND AND FEMTOSECOND PULSE DURATION - GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION (GVD) AND SELF PHASE MODULATION (SPM); REFERENCES 5; 6. Pulse Amplification; 6.1. INTRODUCTION; 6.2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND; 6.3. DESIGN FEATURES OF AMPLIFIERS; 6.4. REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER; 6.4.1. The Pockets Cell 6.5. CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION (CPA); REFERENCES 6; 7. The Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses; 7.1. AUTOCORRELATION TECHNIQUES; 7.2. FROG TECHNIQUES; REFERENCES 7; 8. Selected Methods of Time-Resolved Laser Spectroscopy; 8.1. FLUORESCENCE DECAY; 8.2. THE PUMP-PROBE METHOD; 8.3. CARS AS A TIME-RESOLVED METHOD; 8.4. PHOTON ECHO; 8.4.1. Spin Echo in NMR; 8.4.2. Optical Resonance; 8.4.3. Quantum-Classical Description of the Photon Echo; 8.4.4. Practical Advantages of Photon Echo Applications; 8.5. QUANTUM BEATS; 8.5.1. Quantum Description; 8.5.2. Examples of Quantum Beats Applications
• Sommario/riassunto: Introduction to Laser Spectroscopy is a well-written, easy-to-read guide to understanding the fundamentals of lasers, experimental methods of modern laser spectroscopy and applications. It provides a solid grounding in the fundamentals of many aspects of laser physics, nonlinear optics, and molecular spectroscopy. In addition, by comprehensively combining theory and experimental techniques it explicates a variety of issues that are essential to understanding broad areas of physical, chemical and biological science. Topics include key laser types - gas, solid state, and semiconductor -