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This comprehensiv provides a detailed introduction to the basic physics and engineering aspects of lasers, as well as to the design and operational principles of a wide range of optical systems and electro-optic devices.
Reviews'I recommend this textbook because of its pedagogical excellence. The author is an experimentalist and an experienced teacher … In addition to the exceptionally clear writing, the reader is aided by large well-designed figures, key references, problem sets and an index …' Barry R. Masters, Optics and Photonics News
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Dewey Decimal621.36
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
Table Of Content1. Electromagnetic waves, light, and lasers; 2. Optical frequency amplifiers; 3. Introduction to two practical laser systems; 4. Optical resonators containing amplifying media; 5. Laser radiation; 6. Control of laser oscillators; 7. Optically pumped solid-state lasers; 8. Gas lasers; 9. Molecular gas lasers I; 10. Molecular gas lasers II; 11. Tunable lasers; 12. Semiconductor lasers; 13. Passive optical systems; 14. Periodic optical systems, resonators and inhomogenous media; 15. Optics of Gaussian beams; 16. Optical fibers and waveguides; 17. Optics of anisotropic media; 18. The electro-optic and acousto-optic effects and modulation of light beams; 19. Introduction to nonlinear processes; 20. Wave propagation in nonlinear media; 21. Detection of optical radiation; 22. Coherence theory; 23. Laser applications; Index.
SynopsisCovering a broad range of topics in optical physics and engineering, this textbook is invaluable for undergraduate students studying laser physics, optoelectronics, photonics and optical engineering. This revised second edition covers the basic theory of applied optics and explains the structures and operational characteristics of lasers and related systems., Covering a broad range of topics in modern optical physics and engineering, this textbook is invaluable for undergraduate students studying laser physics, optoelectronics, photonics, applied optics and optical engineering. This new edition has been re-organized, and now covers many new topics such as the optics of stratified media, quantum well lasers and modulators, free electron lasers, diode-pumped solid state and gas lasers, imaging and non-imaging optical systems, squeezed light, periodic poling in nonlinear media, very short pulse lasers and new applications of lasers. The textbook gives a detailed introduction to the basic physics and engineering of lasers, as well as covering the design and operational principles of a wide range of optical systems and electro-optic devices. It features full details of important derivations and results, and provides many practical examples of the design, construction and performance characteristics of different types of lasers and electro-optic devices.