Introduction to laser spectroscopy / Halina Abramczyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abramczyk, Halina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laser spectroscopy--Textbooks.

Laser spectroscopy.

Spectrum analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 -

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-62176-1

9786610621767

0-08-045525-5

OCLC:

475997853