{"product_id":"laser-physics-9780470387719","title":"Laser Physics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* This new edition has been updated to reflect the kinds of lasers which are of greatest interest    * Includes the latest developments and applications of lasers    * Contains end of chapter problems for students    * Has a bit more emphasis on applications of lasers and on optical physics  .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction to Laser Operation 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Lasers and Laser Light 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Light in Cavities 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Light Emission and Absorption in Quantum Theory 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Einstein Theory of Light–Matter Interactions 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Summary 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Atoms, Molecules, and Solids 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Electron Energy Levels in Atoms 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Molecular Vibrations 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Molecular Rotations 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Example: Carbon Dioxide 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Conductors and Insulators 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Semiconductors 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 Semiconductor Junctions 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.9 Light-Emitting Diodes 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.10 Summary 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Energy Bands in Solids 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Absorption, Emission, and Dispersion of Light 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Electron Oscillator Model 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Spontaneous Emission 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Absorption 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Absorption of Broadband Light 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Thermal Radiation 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Emission and Absorption of Narrowband Light 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Collision Broadening 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Doppler Broadening 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.10 The Voigt Profile 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.11 Radiative Broadening 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.12 Absorption and Gain Coefficients 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.13 Example: Sodium Vapor 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.14 Refractive Index 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.15 Anomalous Dispersion 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.16 Summary 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: The Oscillator Model and Quantum Theory 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Laser Oscillation: Gain and Threshold 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Gain and Feedback 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Threshold 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Photon Rate Equations 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Population Rate Equations 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Comparison with Chapter 1 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Three-Level Laser Scheme 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Four-Level Laser Scheme 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 Pumping Three- and Four-Level Lasers 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10 Examples of Three- and Four-Level Lasers 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11 Saturation 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12 Small-Signal Gain and Saturation 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.13 Spatial Hole Burning 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.14 Spectral Hole Burning 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.15 Summary 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Laser Oscillation: Power and Frequency 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Uniform-Field Approximation 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Optimal Output Coupling 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Effect of Spatial Hole Burning 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Large Output Coupling 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Measuring Gain and Optimal Output Coupling 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Inhomogeneously Broadened Media 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Spectral Hole Burning and the Lamb Dip 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9 Frequency Pulling 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.10 Obtaining Single-Mode Oscillation 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.11 The Laser Linewidth 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.12 Polarization and Modulation 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.13 Frequency Stabilization 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.14 Laser at Threshold 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: The Fabry-Pérot Etalon 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Multimode and Pulsed Lasing 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Rate Equations for Intensities and Populations 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Relaxation Oscillations 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 \u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e Switching 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Methods of \u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e Switching 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Multimode Laser Oscillation 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Phase-Locked Oscillators 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Mode Locking 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 Amplitude-Modulated Mode Locking 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.10 Frequency-Modulated Mode Locking 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.11 Methods of Mode Locking 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.12 Amplification of Short Pulses 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.13 Amplified Spontaneous Emission 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.14 Ultrashort Light Pulses 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Diffraction of Light by Sound 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Laser Resonators and Gaussian Beams 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 The Ray Matrix 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Resonator Stability 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 The Paraxial Wave Equation 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Gaussian Beams 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 The \u003ci\u003eABCD\u003c\/i\u003e Law for Gaussian Beams 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Gaussian Beam Modes 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 Hermite–Gaussian and Laguerre–Gaussian Beams 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.9 Resonators for He–Ne Lasers 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.10 Diffraction 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.11 Diffraction by an Aperture 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.12 Diffraction Theory of Resonators 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.13 Beam Quality 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.14 Unstable Resonators for High-Power Lasers 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.15 Bessel Beams 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Propagation of Laser Radiation 331\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 The Wave Equation for the Electric Field 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Group Velocity 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Group Velocity Dispersion 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Chirping 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Propagation Modes in Fibers 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Single-Mode Fibers 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Birefringence 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9 Rayleigh Scattering 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.10 Atmospheric Turbulence 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.11 The Coherence Diameter 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.12 Beam Wander and Spread 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.13 Intensity Scintillations 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.14 Remarks 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Coherence in Atom-Field Interactions 401\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Two-State Atoms in Sinusoidal Fields 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Density Matrix and Collisional Relaxation 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Optical Bloch Equations 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Maxwell–Bloch Equations 420\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Semiclassical Laser Theory 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Resonant Pulse Propagation 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.9 Self-Induced Transparency 438\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.10 Electromagnetically Induced Transparency 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.11 Transit-Time Broadening and the Ramsey Effect 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.12 Summary 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Introduction to Nonlinear Optics 457\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Model for Nonlinear Polarization 457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Nonlinear Susceptibilities 459\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Self-Focusing 464\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Self-Phase Modulation 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Second-Harmonic Generation 471\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Phase Matching 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 Three-Wave Mixing 480\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.8 Parametric Amplification and Oscillation 482\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.9 Two-Photon Downconversion 486\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.10 Discussion 492\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 494\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Some Specific Lasers and Amplifiers 497\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 497\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Electron-Impact Excitation 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Excitation Transfer 499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 He–Ne Lasers 502\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Rate Equation Model of Population Inversion in He–Ne Lasers 505\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Radial Gain Variation in He–Ne Laser Tubes 509\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 CO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e Electric-Discharge Lasers 513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 Gas-Dynamic Lasers 515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9 Chemical Lasers 516\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.10 Excimer Lasers 518\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.11 Dye Lasers 521\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.12 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers 525\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.13 Ultrashort, Superintense Pulses 532\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.14 Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers 537\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.15 Remarks 553\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Gain or Absorption Coefficient for Vibrational-Rotational Transitions 554\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 558\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Photons 561\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 What is a Photon 561\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Photon Polarization: All or Nothing 562\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Failures of Classical Theory 563\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Wave Interference and Photons 567\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Photon Counting 569\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 The Poisson Distribution 573\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 Photon Detectors 575\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.8 Remarks 585\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 586\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Coherence 589\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Introduction 589\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Brightness 589\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 The Coherence of Light 592\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 The Mutual Coherence Function 595\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Complex Degree Of Coherence 598\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Quasi-Monochromatic Fields and Visibility 601\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Spatial Coherence of Light From Ordinary Sources 603\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.8 Spatial Coherence of Laser Radiation 608\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.9 Diffraction of Laser Radiation 610\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.10 Coherence and the Michelson Interferometer 611\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.11 Temporal Coherence 613\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.12 The Photon Degeneracy Factor 616\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.13 Orders of Coherence 619\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.14 Photon Statistics of Lasers and Thermal Sources 620\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.15 Brown–Twiss Correlations 627\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 634\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Some Applications of Lasers 637\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Lidar 637\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Adaptive Optics for Astronomy 648\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Optical Pumping and Spin-Polarized Atoms 658\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Laser Cooling 671\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Trapping Atoms with Lasers and Magnetic Fields 685\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 Bose–Einstein Condensation 690\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.7 Applications of Ultrashort Pulses 697\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.8 Lasers in Medicine 718\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.9 Remarks 728\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 729\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Diode Lasers and Optical Communications 735\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Introduction 735\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Diode Lasers 736\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Modulation of Diode Lasers 754\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Noise Characteristics of Diode Lasers 760\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Information and Noise 774\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6 Optical Communications 782\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 790\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Numerical Methods for Differential Equations 793\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.A Fortran Program for Ordinary Differential Equations 793\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.B Fortran Program for Plane-Wave Propagation 796\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.C Fortran Program for Paraxial Propagation 799\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 809\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402320585047,"sku":"9780470387719","price":133.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470387719.jpg?v=1730480062","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/laser-physics-9780470387719","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}