Quantum electronics for atomic physics / by Warren Nagourney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nagourney, Warren G.

Series:

Oxford graduate texts.

Oxford graduate texts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum electronics.

Laser beams.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Quantum Electronics for Atomic Physics provides a course in quantum electronics for researchers in atomic physics. The book covers the usual topics, such as Gaussian beams, cavities, lasers, nonlinear optics and modulation techniques, but also includes a number of areas not usually found in a textbook on quantum electronics. It includes such practical matters as the enhancement of nonlinear processes in a build-up cavity, impedance matching into a cavity, laser frequencystabilization (including servomechanism theory), astigmatism in ring cavities, and atomic/molecular spectroscopic techniques

Contents:

Contents; 1 Gaussian beams; 2 Optical resonators - geometrical properties; 3 Energy relations in optical cavities; 4 Optical cavity as frequency discriminator; 5 Laser gain and some of its consequences; 6 Laser oscillation and pumping mechanisms; 7 Descriptions of specific CW laser systems; 8 Laser gain in a semiconductor; 9 Semiconductor diode lasers; 10 Mode-locked lasers and frequency metrology; 11 Laser frequency stabilization and control systems; 12 Atomic and molecular discriminants; 13 Nonlinear optics; 14 Frequency and amplitude modulation; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-73233-1

9786612732331

0-19-157628-X

OCLC:

655892675