Laser Physics
eBook - ePub

Laser Physics

  1. 464 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Laser Physics

About this book

This book treats the interaction of radiation with matter, particular attention being paid to the laser. Knowledge is assumed of the usual half-year introduction of quantum mechanics found in undergraduate physics curricula. The material can be covered in two semesters, or, alternatively, the first part (Chaps 1-13) can be used as a one-semester course in which quantum mechanical aspects of the electromagnetic field are ignored. Each chapter is accompanied by problems that illustrate the text and give useful (occasionally new) results. Existing laser media are intrinsically quantum mechanical and are most easily studied with the quantum theory. Understanding the laser along these lines enlivens one's understanding of quantum mechanics itself. In fact, the material constitutes a viable, applied alternative for the usual second and third semesters of quantum mechanics.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9780429973147
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Laser Theory Notation
  9. Chapter I WAVE MECHANICS
  10. Chapter II ATOM-FIELD INTERACTION
  11. Chapter III STIMULATED EMISSION AND DIPOLE OSCILLATORS
  12. Chapter IV CLASSICAL SUSTAINED OSCILLATOR
  13. Chapter V AMMONIA BEAM MASER
  14. Chapter VI THE STATE VECTOR
  15. Chapter VII THE DENSITY MATRIX
  16. Chapter VIII SEMICLASSICAL LASER THEORY
  17. Chapter IX MULTIMODE OPERATION
  18. Chapter X GAS LASER THEORY
  19. Chapter XI THE RING LASER
  20. Chapter XII THE ZEEMAN LASER
  21. Chapter XIII COHERENT PULSE PROPAGATION
  22. Chapter XIV QUANTUM THEORY OF RADIATION
  23. Chapter XV COHERENT STATES
  24. Chapter XVI RESERVOIR THEORY—DENSITY OPERATOR METHODS
  25. Chapter XVII QUANTUM THEORY OF THE LASER
  26. Chapter XVIII QUANTUM LASER THEORY AND MEASUREMENT
  27. Chapter XIX RESERVOIR THEORY—NOISE OPERATOR METHOD
  28. Chapter XX LANGEVIN THEORY OF LASER FLUCTUATIONS
  29. Chapter XXI OUTLOOK
  30. APPENDIX A FIELD FROM DIPOLE SHEET
  31. B PASSIVE CAVITY MODES
  32. C PLASMA DISPERSION FUNCTION
  33. D GAS LASER PERTURBATION THEORY
  34. E GAS LASER STRONG-SIGNAL THEORY
  35. F ZEEMAN LASER PERTURBATION THEORY
  36. G SUPERRADIANCE
  37. H THE COHERENT STATE
  38. I GENERAL QUANTUM LASER EQUATIONS
  39. SUBJECT INDEX