Laser physics / Peter W. Milonni, Joseph H. Eberly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milonni, Peter W.

Contributor:

Eberly, J. H., 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lasers.

Nonlinear optics.

Physical optics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (849 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2010.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Although the basic principles of lasers have remained unchanged in the past 20 years, there has been a shift in the kinds of lasers generating interest. Providing a comprehensive introduction to the operating principles and applications of lasers, this second edition of the classic book on the subject reveals the latest developments and applications of lasers. Placing more emphasis on applications of lasers and on optical physics, the book's self-contained discussions will appeal to physicists, chemists, optical scientists, engineers, and advanced undergraduate students.

Contents:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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ISBN:

9786612687136

9781282687134

1282687131

9780470409701

0470409703

OCLC:

609862481