Laser Physics (eBook)

PETER W. MILONNI 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. JOSEPH H. EBERLY 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 Optics Express and has served on a number of editorial and advisory boards.

Preface.

1. Introduction to Laser Operation.

2. Atoms, Molecules, and Solids.

3. Absorption, Emission, and Dispersion of Light.

4. Laser Oscillation: Gain and Threshold.

5. Laser Oscillation: Power and Frequency.

6. Multimode and Pulsed Lasing.

7. Laser Resonators and Gaussian Beams.

8. Propagation of Laser Radiation.

9. Coherent Resonance and Pulse Propagation.

10. Introduction to Nonlinear Optics.

11. Some Specific Lasers and Amplifiers.

12. Photons.

13. Coherence.

14. Some Applications of Lasers.

15. Diode Lasers and Optical Communications.

16. Appendices: Fortran Programs.

Appendix A. Fortran Program For Differential Equations.

Appendix B. Fortran Program For Plane-Wave Propagation.

Appendix C. Fortran Program For Paraxial Propagation.

Index.