TY  - BOOK
AU  - Silfvast, William Thomas
TI  - Laser fundamentals
SN  - 9780521138475
U1  - 621.366 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge ; New York : 
PB  - Cambridge University Press
N1  - 	1. Introduction; 2. Wave Nature of Light; 3. Particle Nature of Light; 4. Radiative Transitions and Emission Linewidth; 5. Energy Levels and Radiative Properties of Molecules, Liquids, and Solids; 6. Radiation and Thermal Equilibrium; 7. Conditions for Producing a Laser -; 8. Laser Oscillation Above Threshold; 9. Requirements for Obtaining Population Inversions; 10. Laser Pumping Requirements and Techniques; 11. Laser Cavity Modes; 12. Stable Laser Resonators and Gaussian Beams; 13. Special Laser Cavities and Cavity Effects; 14. Laser Systems Involving Low-Density Gain Media; 15. Laser Systems Involving High-Density Gain Media; 16. Frequency Multiplication of Lasers and Other Nonlinear Optical Effects
N2  - The clear explanations, worked examples, and many homework problems make this book eminently suitable for undergraduate and first-year graduate students in science and engineering who are taking courses on lasers. The summaries of key types of lasers, the use of many unique theoretical descriptions, and the chapter-by-chapter bibliography make this an invaluable reference work for researchers as well
ER  -