Research Catalog

Title

Principles of lasers / Orazio Svelto ; translated from Italian and edited by David C. Hanna.

Author

Svelto, Orazio.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hanna, D. C. (David C.), 1941-

Description

xxi, 604 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

This new Fourth Edition of Principles of Lasers is so thoroughly updated and expanded that it is virtually a whole new book. But 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.

Uniform Title

Principi dei laser. English

Alternative Title

Principi dei laser.

Subject

• Lasers

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introductory Concepts -- 2. Interaction of Radiation with Atoms and Ions -- 3. Energy Levels, Radiative, and Nonradiative Transitions in Molecules and Semiconductors -- 4. Ray and Wave Propagation through Optical Media -- 5. Passive Optical Resonators -- 6. Pumping Processes -- 7. Continuous Wave Laser Behavior -- 8. Transient Laser Behavior -- 9. Solid-State, Dye, and Semiconductor Lasers -- 10. Gas, Chemical, Free-Electon, and X-Ray Lasers -- 11. Properties of Laser Beams -- 12. Laser Beam Transformation: Propagation, Amplification, Frequency Conversion, Pulse Compression, and Pulse Expansion -- A. Semiclassical Treatment of the Interaction of Radiation and Matter -- B. Lineshape Calculation for Collision Broadening -- C. Simplified Treatment of Amplified Spontaneous Emission -- D. Calculation of the Radiative Transition Rates of Molecular Transitions -- E. Space-Dependent Rate Equations -- F. Mode-Locking Theory: Homogeneous Line --
• G. Propagation of a Laser Pulse through a Dispersive Medium or a Gain Medium -- H. Higher-Order Coherence -- I. Physical Constants and Useful Conversion Factors.

ISBN

0306457482

LCCN

98005077

OCLC

• 38425819
• ocm38425819

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries