Lasers : Fundamentals and Applications / by K. Thyagarajan, Ajoy Ghatak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thyagarajan, K., Author.

Ghatak, Ajoy., Author.

Series:

Graduate Texts in Physics, 1868-4513

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lasers.

Photonics.

Microwaves.

Optical engineering.

Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

Local Subjects:

Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (647 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed. 2011.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lasers: Fundamentals and Applications, serves as a vital textbook to accompany undergraduate and graduate courses on lasers and their applications. Ever since their invention in 1960, lasers have assumed tremendous importance in the fields of science, engineering and technology because of their diverse uses in basic research and countless technological applications. This book provides a coherent presentation of the basic physics behind the way lasers work, and presents some of their most important applications in vivid detail. After reading this book, students will understand how to apply the concepts found within to practical, tangible situations. This textbook includes worked-out examples and exercises to enhance understanding, and the preface shows lecturers how to most beneficially match the textbook with their course curricula. The book includes several recent Nobel Lectures, which will further expose students to the emerging applications and excitement of working with lasers. Students who study lasers, laser applications, and optics and lasers will find this book to be an invaluable contribution to their understanding of the subject. Topics included and discussed in detail include: laser rate equations semiclassical theory of lasers optical resonators properties of laser beams fiber lasers semiconductor lasers applications of lsers to science and industry laser induced fusion.

Contents:

Introduction

Basic Optics

Elements of Quantum Mechanics

The Einstein Coefficients and Light Amplification

Laser Rate Equations

Semiclassical Theory of the Laser

Optical Resonators

Vector Spaces and Linear Operators: Dirac Notation

Quantum Theory of Interaction of Radiation Fields with Matter

Properties of Lasers

Some Laser Systems

Doped Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers

Semiconductor Lasers

Optical Parametric Oscillators

Spacial Frequency Filtering and Holography

Laser Induced Fusion

Lightwave Communications

Lasers in Science

Lasers in Industry.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 633-638) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-47603-7

9786613476036

1-4419-6442-8

OCLC:

676697532