Tunable laser optics / F.J. Duarte, Interferometric optics, Rochester, New York, USA.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duarte, F. J. (Frank J.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lasers.

Electrooptics.

Tunable lasers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press : Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

<P>This <STRONG>Second Edition</STRONG> of a bestselling book describes the optics and optical principles needed to build lasers. It also highlights the optics instrumentation necessary to characterize laser emissions and focuses on laser-based optical instrumentation. The book emphasizes practical and utilitarian aspects of relevant optics including the essential theory. This revised, expanded, and improved edition contains new material on tunable lasers and discusses relevant topics in quantum optics.</P>

Contents:

Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Author; 1. Introduction to Lasers; 2. Dirac Optics; 3. The Uncertainty Principle in Optics; 4. The Physics of Multiple-Prism Optics; 5. Polarization; 6. Laser Beam Propagation Matrices; 7. Narrow-Linewidth Tunable Laser Oscillators; 8. Nonlinear Optics; 9. Lasers and Their Emission Characteristics; 10. The N-Slit Laser Interferometer: Optical Architecture and Applications; 11. Interferometry; 12. Spectrometry; 13. Physical Constants and Optical Quantities; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 26, 2015).

ISBN:

9781351831055

1351831054

9781138893757

1138893757

9781315215167

1315215160

9781482245301

1482245302

OCLC:

900602679