{"product_id":"laser-physics-isbn-9780470387719","title":"Laser Physics","description":"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. \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction to Laser Operation 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Lasers and Laser Light 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Light in Cavities 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Light Emission and Absorption in Quantum Theory 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Einstein Theory of Light–Matter Interactions 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Summary 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Atoms, Molecules, and Solids 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Electron Energy Levels in Atoms 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Molecular Vibrations 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Molecular Rotations 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Example: Carbon Dioxide 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Conductors and Insulators 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Semiconductors 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 Semiconductor Junctions 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.9 Light-Emitting Diodes 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.10 Summary 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Energy Bands in Solids 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Absorption, Emission, and Dispersion of Light 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Electron Oscillator Model 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Spontaneous Emission 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Absorption 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Absorption of Broadband Light 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Thermal Radiation 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Emission and Absorption of Narrowband Light 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Collision Broadening 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Doppler Broadening 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.10 The Voigt Profile 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.11 Radiative Broadening 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.12 Absorption and Gain Coefficients 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.13 Example: Sodium Vapor 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.14 Refractive Index 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.15 Anomalous Dispersion 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.16 Summary 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: The Oscillator Model and Quantum Theory 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Laser Oscillation: Gain and Threshold 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Gain and Feedback 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Threshold 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Photon Rate Equations 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Population Rate Equations 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Comparison with Chapter 1 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Three-Level Laser Scheme 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Four-Level Laser Scheme 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 Pumping Three- and Four-Level Lasers 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10 Examples of Three- and Four-Level Lasers 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11 Saturation 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12 Small-Signal Gain and Saturation 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.13 Spatial Hole Burning 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.14 Spectral Hole Burning 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.15 Summary 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Laser Oscillation: Power and Frequency 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Uniform-Field Approximation 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Optimal Output Coupling 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Effect of Spatial Hole Burning 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Large Output Coupling 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Measuring Gain and Optimal Output Coupling 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Inhomogeneously Broadened Media 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Spectral Hole Burning and the Lamb Dip 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9 Frequency Pulling 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.10 Obtaining Single-Mode Oscillation 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.11 The Laser Linewidth 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.12 Polarization and Modulation 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.13 Frequency Stabilization 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.14 Laser at Threshold 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: The Fabry-Pérot Etalon 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Multimode and Pulsed Lasing 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Rate Equations for Intensities and Populations 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Relaxation Oscillations 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 \u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e Switching 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Methods of \u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e Switching 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Multimode Laser Oscillation 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Phase-Locked Oscillators 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Mode Locking 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 Amplitude-Modulated Mode Locking 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.10 Frequency-Modulated Mode Locking 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.11 Methods of Mode Locking 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.12 Amplification of Short Pulses 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.13 Amplified Spontaneous Emission 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.14 Ultrashort Light Pulses 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Diffraction of Light by Sound 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Laser Resonators and Gaussian Beams 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 The Ray Matrix 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Resonator Stability 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 The Paraxial Wave Equation 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Gaussian Beams 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 The \u003ci\u003eABCD\u003c\/i\u003e Law for Gaussian Beams 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Gaussian Beam Modes 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 Hermite–Gaussian and Laguerre–Gaussian Beams 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.9 Resonators for He–Ne Lasers 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.10 Diffraction 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.11 Diffraction by an Aperture 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.12 Diffraction Theory of Resonators 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.13 Beam Quality 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.14 Unstable Resonators for High-Power Lasers 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.15 Bessel Beams 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Propagation of Laser Radiation 331\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 The Wave Equation for the Electric Field 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Group Velocity 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Group Velocity Dispersion 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Chirping 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Propagation Modes in Fibers 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Single-Mode Fibers 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Birefringence 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9 Rayleigh Scattering 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.10 Atmospheric Turbulence 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.11 The Coherence Diameter 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.12 Beam Wander and Spread 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.13 Intensity Scintillations 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.14 Remarks 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Coherence in Atom-Field Interactions 401\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Two-State Atoms in Sinusoidal Fields 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Density Matrix and Collisional Relaxation 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Optical Bloch Equations 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Maxwell–Bloch Equations 420\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Semiclassical Laser Theory 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Resonant Pulse Propagation 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.9 Self-Induced Transparency 438\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.10 Electromagnetically Induced Transparency 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.11 Transit-Time Broadening and the Ramsey Effect 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.12 Summary 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Introduction to Nonlinear Optics 457\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Model for Nonlinear Polarization 457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Nonlinear Susceptibilities 459\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Self-Focusing 464\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Self-Phase Modulation 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Second-Harmonic Generation 471\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Phase Matching 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 Three-Wave Mixing 480\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.8 Parametric Amplification and Oscillation 482\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.9 Two-Photon Downconversion 486\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.10 Discussion 492\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 494\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Some Specific Lasers and Amplifiers 497\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 497\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Electron-Impact Excitation 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Excitation Transfer 499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 He–Ne Lasers 502\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Rate Equation Model of Population Inversion in He–Ne Lasers 505\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Radial Gain Variation in He–Ne Laser Tubes 509\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 CO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e Electric-Discharge Lasers 513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 Gas-Dynamic Lasers 515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9 Chemical Lasers 516\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.10 Excimer Lasers 518\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.11 Dye Lasers 521\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.12 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers 525\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.13 Ultrashort, Superintense Pulses 532\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.14 Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers 537\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.15 Remarks 553\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Gain or Absorption Coefficient for Vibrational-Rotational Transitions 554\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 558\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Photons 561\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 What is a Photon 561\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Photon Polarization: All or Nothing 562\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Failures of Classical Theory 563\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Wave Interference and Photons 567\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Photon Counting 569\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 The Poisson Distribution 573\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 Photon Detectors 575\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.8 Remarks 585\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 586\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Coherence 589\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Introduction 589\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Brightness 589\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 The Coherence of Light 592\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 The Mutual Coherence Function 595\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Complex Degree Of Coherence 598\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Quasi-Monochromatic Fields and Visibility 601\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Spatial Coherence of Light From Ordinary Sources 603\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.8 Spatial Coherence of Laser Radiation 608\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.9 Diffraction of Laser Radiation 610\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.10 Coherence and the Michelson Interferometer 611\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.11 Temporal Coherence 613\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.12 The Photon Degeneracy Factor 616\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.13 Orders of Coherence 619\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.14 Photon Statistics of Lasers and Thermal Sources 620\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.15 Brown–Twiss Correlations 627\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 634\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Some Applications of Lasers 637\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Lidar 637\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Adaptive Optics for Astronomy 648\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Optical Pumping and Spin-Polarized Atoms 658\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Laser Cooling 671\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Trapping Atoms with Lasers and Magnetic Fields 685\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 Bose–Einstein Condensation 690\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.7 Applications of Ultrashort Pulses 697\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.8 Lasers in Medicine 718\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.9 Remarks 728\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 729\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Diode Lasers and Optical Communications 735\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Introduction 735\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Diode Lasers 736\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Modulation of Diode Lasers 754\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Noise Characteristics of Diode Lasers 760\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Information and Noise 774\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6 Optical Communications 782\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 790\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Numerical Methods for Differential Equations 793\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.A Fortran Program for Ordinary Differential Equations 793\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.B Fortran Program for Plane-Wave Propagation 796\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.C Fortran Program for Paraxial Propagation 799\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 809\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePETER W. MILONNI\u003c\/b\u003e is currently Laboratory Fellow and Laboratory Associate in the Complex Systems Group of the Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Research Professor of Physics at the University of Rochester. Dr. Milonni is the author or coauthor of several books and has published research and review papers on both pure and applied physics. He has served for many years on a number of editorial boards, and was the recipient of the Max Born Award of the Optical Society of America in 2008. His research interests are in the areas of quantum optics and electrodynamics, especially in connection with the quantum and fluctuation properties of electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOSEPH H. EBERLY\u003c\/b\u003e is currently Andrew Carnegie Professor Physics and Professor of Optics at the University of Rochester. A past president of the Optical Society of America, he has contributed to the research literature on theoretical quantum optics and laser physics, with interests in multipulse propogation, high-field atomic physics, quantum entanglement, cavity QED, and relaxation dynamics. Dr. Eberly received the Smoluchowski Medal of the Physical Society of Poland in 1987 and the Charles Hard Townes Award of the Optical Society of America in 1994. He is the coauthor of two books and coeditor of several conference proceedings. He is the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eOptics Express\u003c\/i\u003e and has served on a number of editorial and advisory boards.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eA comprehensive introduction to the operating principles and application of lasers\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAlthough the basic principles of lasers remain unchanged, the ever-increasing role of optical physics and engineering in basic science and in technology has caused a significant shift in the types of laser systems of greatest interest. \u003ci\u003eLaser Physics\u003c\/i\u003e—which is an updated, reconfigured, and expanded edition of the previously published \u003ci\u003eLasers\u003c\/i\u003e—reflects the importance of lasers and their applications in a remarkably wide range of fields.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussions and features include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAbsorption, emission, and dispersion of light\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLaser principles applied to specific lasers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePhoton counting and optical coherence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDispersion, chirping, and modes in optical fibers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOptical pumping, spin-polarized atoms, and atomic clocks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFiber amplifiers and lasers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLaser cooling and trapping\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLaser propagation in resonant media and in turbulent atmospheres\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eElements of nonlinear optics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGeneration of ultrashort pulses and frequency combs and applications\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLasers in lidar, adaptive optics, and medicine\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSemiconductor lasers and optical communications\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplete with end-of-chapter problems for students, \u003ci\u003eLaser Physics\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering, physics, and optics. 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