Principles of lasers

This new Fifth Edition of Principles of Lasers incorporates corrections to the previous edition. The text's essential mission remains the same: to provide a wide-ranging yet unified description of laser behavior, physics, technology, and current applications. Dr. Svelto emphasizes the physical...

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Uniform Title: Principi dei laser. English
Main Author: Svelto, Orazio.
Other Authors: Hanna, D. C. 1941-, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Italian
Published: New York : Springer, ©2010.
New York : [2010]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 620 pages) : illustrations.
Edition: 5th ed.
Series: 2010 Springer E-Books.
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Summary: This new Fifth Edition of Principles of Lasers incorporates corrections to the previous edition. The text's essential mission remains the same: to provide a wide-ranging yet unified description of laser behavior, physics, technology, and current applications. Dr. Svelto emphasizes the physical rather than the mathematical aspects of lasers, and presents the subject in the simplest terms compatible with a correct physical understanding. Praise for earlier editions: ""Professor Svelto is himself a longtime laser pioneer and his text shows the breadth of his broad acquaintance with all aspects of.
Item Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introductory Concepts -- Interaction of Radiation with Atoms and Ions -- Energy Levels, Radiative and Nonradiative Transitions in Molecules and Semiconductors -- Ray and Wave Propagation Through Optical Media -- Passive Optical Resonators -- Pumping Processes -- Continuous Wave Laser Behavior -- Transient Laser Behavior -- Solid-State, Dye, and Semiconductor Lasers -- Gas, Chemical, Free Electron, and X-Ray Lasers -- Properties of Laser Beams -- Laser Beam Transformation: Propagation, Amplification, Frequency Conversion, Pulse Compression and Pulse Expansion.
This new Fifth Edition of Principles of Lasers incorporates corrections to the previous edition. The text's essential mission remains the same: to provide a wide-ranging yet unified description of laser behavior, physics, technology, and current applications. Dr. Svelto emphasizes the physical rather than the mathematical aspects of lasers, and presents the subject in the simplest terms compatible with a correct physical understanding. Praise for earlier editions: ""Professor Svelto is himself a longtime laser pioneer and his text shows the breadth of his broad acquaintance with all aspects of.
English.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 620 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 1441913025
1280381744
9781280381744
9786613559654
6613559652
9781441913029