Laser Fundamentals - Softcover

Silfvast, William T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521556171 ISBN 13: 9780521556170

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Laser Fundamentals provides a clear, up-to-date, and comprehensive introduction to the physical and engineering principles of laser operation and design. Simple explanations, based throughout on key underlying concepts, lead from the basics of laser action to advanced topics in laser physics and engineering. The author discusses the concepts of amplification, gain-bandwidth, and broadening in detail, as well as topics such as Q-switching, mode-locking, and waveguide lasers. The author gives descriptions of the twenty most common types of laser toward the end of the book, and he concludes with a chapter devoted to frequency multiplication. Containing worked examples and many homework problems, the book will be invaluable to undergraduate and first year graduate physics and electrical engineering students taking courses on lasers. The summaries of key types of lasers and extensive references will also make it a useful reference volume.

About this title

Book Description:

Simple explanations, based throughout on key underlying concepts, lead from the basics of laser action to advanced topics in laser physics and engineering. The text discusses the concepts of amplification, gain-bandwidth, and broadening in detail as well as Q-switching, mode-locking, and waveguide lasers.

About the Author:

William Silfvast received a BSc degree in both physics and mathematics and a PhD in physics from the University of Utah. In 1990, he joined the faculty of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida where he was Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering as well as a member of the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL). In 1999 he also became a Professor of Optics at the School of Optics. He is presently Emeritus Professor of Optics. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America and the IEEE. He has carried out pioneering work in the fields of metal vapor lasers, recombination lasers, photoionization-pumped lasers, laser plasmas, and EUV lithography. He is the author of over 100 technical papers and holds more than 30 patents.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521556171
• ISBN 13: 9780521556170
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 552