Quantum Electronics for Atomic Physics (Oxford Graduate Texts) - Hardcover

Nagourney, Warren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199532621 ISBN 13: 9780199532629

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Quantum Electronics for Atomic Physics provides a course in quantum electronics for researchers in atomic physics. The book covers the usual topics, such as Gaussian beams, cavities, lasers, nonlinear optics and modulation techniques, but also includes a number of areas not usually found in a textbook on quantum electronics. It includes such practical matters as the enhancement of nonlinear processes in a build-up cavity, impedance matching into a cavity, laser frequency stabilization (including servomechanism theory), astigmatism in ring cavities, and atomic/molecular spectroscopic techniques for the generation of a discriminant for laser frequency locking. A number of very recent developments are discussed, such as fiber lasers and frequency metrology using femtosecond lasers. Problem sets are included at the end of each chapter.

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About this title

About the Author

Following his PhD, Warren Nagourney undertook postdoctoral research at Columbia Radiation Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, after which he joined the physics department of the University of Washington as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in 1977. He remained with the department until his retirement, as a Research Professor, in 2007.

Review

"This is a well-written and readable introduction to quantum electronics which treats topics not usually found in traditional texts. Nagourney has put together what could become a standard book in the field."

--Ifan Hughes, Durham University

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199532621
• ISBN 13: 9780199532629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 400