| Autore |
Milonni Peter W
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| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2010
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (849 p.)
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| Disciplina |
621.36/6
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
EberlyJ. H. <1935->
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| Soggetto topico |
Lasers
Nonlinear optics
Physical optics
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| ISBN |
1-282-68713-1
9786612687136
0-470-40970-3
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- LASER PHYSICS -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1 Introduction to Laser Operation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Lasers and Laser Light -- 1.3 Light in Cavities -- 1.4 Light Emission and Absorption in Quantum Theory -- 1.5 Einstein Theory of Light-Matter Interactions -- 1.6 Summary -- 2 Atoms, Molecules, and Solids -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Electron Energy Levels in Atoms -- 2.3 Molecular Vibrations -- 2.4 Molecular Rotations -- 2.5 Example: Carbon Dioxide -- 2.6 Conductors and Insulators -- 2.7 Semiconductors -- 2.8 Semiconductor Junctions -- 2.9 Light-Emitting Diodes -- 2.10 Summary -- Appendix: Energy Bands in Solids -- Problems -- 3 Absorption, Emission, and Dispersion of Light -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Electron Oscillator Model -- 3.3 Spontaneous Emission -- 3.4 Absorption -- 3.5 Absorption of Broadband Light -- 3.6 Thermal Radiation -- 3.7 Emission and Absorption of Narrowband Light -- 3.8 Collision Broadening -- 3.9 Doppler Broadening -- 3.10 The Voigt Profile -- 3.11 Radiative Broadening -- 3.12 Absorption and Gain Coefficients -- 3.13 Example: Sodium Vapor -- 3.14 Refractive Index -- 3.15 Anomalous Dispersion -- 3.16 Summary -- Appendix: The Oscillator Model and Quantum Theory -- Problems -- 4 Laser Oscillation: Gain and Threshold -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Gain and Feedback -- 4.3 Threshold -- 4.4 Photon Rate Equations -- 4.5 Population Rate Equations -- 4.6 Comparison with Chapter 1 -- 4.7 Three-Level Laser Scheme -- 4.8 Four-Level Laser Scheme -- 4.9 Pumping Three- and Four-Level Lasers -- 4.10 Examples of Three- and Four-Level Lasers -- 4.11 Saturation -- 4.12 Small-Signal Gain and Saturation -- 4.13 Spatial Hole Burning -- 4.14 Spectral Hole Burning -- 4.15 Summary -- Problems -- 5 Laser Oscillation: Power and Frequency -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Uniform-Field Approximation -- 5.3 Optimal Output Coupling.
5.4 Effect of Spatial Hole Burning -- 5.5 Large Output Coupling -- 5.6 Measuring Gain and Optimal Output Coupling -- 5.7 Inhomogeneously Broadened Media -- 5.8 Spectral Hole Burning and the Lamb Dip -- 5.9 Frequency Pulling -- 5.10 Obtaining Single-Mode Oscillation -- 5.11 The Laser Linewidth -- 5.12 Polarization and Modulation -- 5.13 Frequency Stabilization -- 5.14 Laser at Threshold -- Appendix: The Fabry-Pérot Etalon -- Problems -- 6 Multimode and Pulsed Lasing -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Rate Equations for Intensities and Populations -- 6.3 Relaxation Oscillations -- 6.4 Q Switching -- 6.5 Methods of Q Switching -- 6.6 Multimode Laser Oscillation -- 6.7 Phase-Locked Oscillators -- 6.8 Mode Locking -- 6.9 Amplitude-Modulated Mode Locking -- 6.10 Frequency-Modulated Mode Locking -- 6.11 Methods of Mode Locking -- 6.12 Amplification of Short Pulses -- 6.13 Amplified Spontaneous Emission -- 6.14 Ultrashort Light Pulses -- Appendix: Diffraction of Light by Sound -- Problems -- 7 Laser Resonators and Gaussian Beams -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Ray Matrix -- 7.3 Resonator Stability -- 7.4 The Paraxial Wave Equation -- 7.5 Gaussian Beams -- 7.6 The ABCD Law for Gaussian Beams -- 7.7 Gaussian Beam Modes -- 7.8 Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian Beams -- 7.9 Resonators for He-Ne Lasers -- 7.10 Diffraction -- 7.11 Diffraction by an Aperture -- 7.12 Diffraction Theory of Resonators -- 7.13 Beam Quality -- 7.14 Unstable Resonators for High-Power Lasers -- 7.15 Bessel Beams -- Problems -- 8 Propagation of Laser Radiation -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Wave Equation for the Electric Field -- 8.3 Group Velocity -- 8.4 Group Velocity Dispersion -- 8.5 Chirping -- 8.6 Propagation Modes in Fibers -- 8.7 Single-Mode Fibers -- 8.8 Birefringence -- 8.9 Rayleigh Scattering -- 8.10 Atmospheric Turbulence -- 8.11 The Coherence Diameter.
8.12 Beam Wander and Spread -- 8.13 Intensity Scintillations -- 8.14 Remarks -- Problems -- 9 Coherence in Atom-Field Interactions -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation -- 9.3 Two-State Atoms in Sinusoidal Fields -- 9.4 Density Matrix and Collisional Relaxation -- 9.5 Optical Bloch Equations -- 9.6 Maxwell-Bloch Equations -- 9.7 Semiclassical Laser Theory -- 9.8 Resonant Pulse Propagation -- 9.9 Self-Induced Transparency -- 9.10 Electromagnetically Induced Transparency -- 9.11 Transit-Time Broadening and the Ramsey Effect -- 9.12 Summary -- Problems -- 10 Introduction to Nonlinear Optics -- 10.1 Model for Nonlinear Polarization -- 10.2 Nonlinear Susceptibilities -- 10.3 Self-Focusing -- 10.4 Self-Phase Modulation -- 10.5 Second-Harmonic Generation -- 10.6 Phase Matching -- 10.7 Three-Wave Mixing -- 10.8 Parametric Amplification and Oscillation -- 10.9 Two-Photon Downconversion -- 10.10 Discussion -- Problems -- 11 Some Specific Lasers and Amplifiers -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Electron-Impact Excitation -- 11.3 Excitation Transfer -- 11.4 He-Ne Lasers -- 11.5 Rate Equation Model of Population Inversion in He-Ne Lasers -- 11.6 Radial Gain Variation in He-Ne Laser Tubes -- 11.7 CO(2) Electric-Discharge Lasers -- 11.8 Gas-Dynamic Lasers -- 11.9 Chemical Lasers -- 11.10 Excimer Lasers -- 11.11 Dye Lasers -- 11.12 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers -- 11.13 Ultrashort, Superintense Pulses -- 11.14 Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers -- 11.15 Remarks -- Appendix: Gain or Absorption Coefficient for Vibrational-Rotational Transitions -- Problems -- 12 Photons -- 12.1 What is a Photon -- 12.2 Photon Polarization: All or Nothing -- 12.3 Failures of Classical Theory -- 12.4 Wave Interference and Photons -- 12.5 Photon Counting -- 12.6 The Poisson Distribution -- 12.7 Photon Detectors -- 12.8 Remarks -- Problems -- 13 Coherence.
13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Brightness -- 13.3 The Coherence of Light -- 13.4 The Mutual Coherence Function -- 13.5 Complex Degree Of Coherence -- 13.6 Quasi-Monochromatic Fields and Visibility -- 13.7 Spatial Coherence of Light From Ordinary Sources -- 13.8 Spatial Coherence of Laser Radiation -- 13.9 Diffraction of Laser Radiation -- 13.10 Coherence and the Michelson Interferometer -- 13.11 Temporal Coherence -- 13.12 The Photon Degeneracy Factor -- 13.13 Orders of Coherence -- 13.14 Photon Statistics of Lasers and Thermal Sources -- 13.15 Brown-Twiss Correlations -- Problems -- 14 Some Applications of Lasers -- 14.1 Lidar -- 14.2 Adaptive Optics for Astronomy -- 14.3 Optical Pumping and Spin-Polarized Atoms -- 14.4 Laser Cooling -- 14.5 Trapping Atoms with Lasers and Magnetic Fields -- 14.6 Bose-Einstein Condensation -- 14.7 Applications of Ultrashort Pulses -- 14.8 Lasers in Medicine -- 14.9 Remarks -- Problems -- 15 Diode Lasers and Optical Communications -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Diode Lasers -- 15.3 Modulation of Diode Lasers -- 15.4 Noise Characteristics of Diode Lasers -- 15.5 Information and Noise -- 15.6 Optical Communications -- Problems -- 16 Numerical Methods for Differential Equations -- 16.A Fortran Program for Ordinary Differential Equations -- 16.B Fortran Program for Plane-Wave Propagation -- 16.C Fortran Program for Paraxial Propagation -- Index.
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Laser beam propagation : generation and propagation of customized light / / edited by Andrew Forbes, CSIR National Laser Centre, Pretoria, South Africa
