Masers and Lasers, Second Edition : an Historical Approach

✍ Scribed by Mario Bertolotti

• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 490
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book examines the progress of research and practical use of lasers chronologically, covering the fundamental science in detail alongside fascinating biographical sketches of famous physicists and summaries of seminal papers. It supplies helpful drawings of prototype devices, conceptual diagrams to aid in understanding, and remarkable historical photographs. The Second Edition features new chapters on ultrashort pulse lasers and nonlinear optics, incorporates the latest developments and insights from key scientists, and includes extensive updates on fiber lasers, amplifiers, ultraviolet an. �Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Front Cover; Contents; Foreword to the First Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Preface; Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Stimulated Emission : Could the Laser Have Been Built More than 80 Years Ago?; Chapter 3: Intermezzo : Magnetic Resonance and Optical Pumping; Chapter 4: The Maser; Chapter 5: The Laser; Chapter 6: The First Lasers; Chapter 7: Laser Properties and Progresses in Novel Lasers; Chapter 8: Nonlinear Optics; Chapter 9: More Exotic Lasers; Chapter 10: The Statistical Properties of Light; Back Cover.
Abstract: This book examines the progress of research and practical use of lasers chronologically, covering the fundamental science in detail alongside fascinating biographical sketches of famous physicists and summaries of seminal papers. It supplies helpful drawings of prototype devices, conceptual diagrams to aid in understanding, and remarkable historical photographs. The Second Edition features new chapters on ultrashort pulse lasers and nonlinear optics, incorporates the latest developments and insights from key scientists, and includes extensive updates on fiber lasers, amplifiers, ultraviolet an