Basics of Laser Physics For Students of Science and Engineering /
Basics of Laser Physics provides an introductory presentation of the field of all types of lasers. It contains a general description of the laser, a theoretical treatment and a characterization of its operation as it deals with gas, solid state, free-electron and semiconductor lasers and, furthermor...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2012.
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| Series: | Graduate Texts in Physics,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Part I General description of a laser and an example
- Laser principle
- Fabry-Perot resonator
- The active medium: energy levels and line broadening
- Titanium-sapphire laser
- Part II Theoretical basis of the laser
- Basis of the theory of the laser: the Einstein coefficients
- Amplification of coherent radiation
- Laser theory
- Polarization and current in a laser medium
- Part III Operation of a laser
- Cavity resonator
- Open resonator
- Different ways of operation of a laser
- Femtosecond laser
- Part IV Types of lasers (except semiconductor lasers)
- Solid state laser
- Some other lasers and laser amplifiers
- Free-electron laser
- Part V Semiconductor lasers
- An introduction to semiconductor lasers
- Basis of the bipolar semiconductor laser
- GaAs quantum well laser
- Semiconductor materials and heterostructures
- Quantum well lasers from the UV to the infrared
- Reflectors of quantum well lasers
- More about the quantum well laser
- Quantum wire and quantum dot laser
- Double-heterostructure laser and homojunction laser and a comparison of semiconductor lasers
- Unipolar semiconductor laser
- Part VI Laser related topics
- Optical communication
- Light emitting diode
- Nonlinear Optics.
