Spectral, Spatial, and Temporal Properties of Lasers (Optical Physics and Engineering)

Hardcover 1972 edition published by Plenum in blue cloth covered boards with gold spine lettering. Translated from Russian by Paul Robeson, Jr., and supplemented and edited by Richard A. Phillips. Former library book, else Very Good. The covers look great with nice corners and only light fading to the spine. The binding is tight. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge. Description from author, A. M. Ratner: During the decade there were many developments in laser research and numerous applications of the laser were made in fields of science and engineering. Many theoretical and experimental advances were made in the Soviet Union; often they paralleled those taking place in the United States and elsewhere but started from different points, proceeded along different paths, and yielded different insights into the physical processes taking place in the laser. The present book offers a unified theory of lasers by which the operating characteristics of the laser are described and related to the details of the radiation emitted. Extensive emendations to the original, Soviet edition were supplied by the author and incorporated into the text, and references to the English literature were added to the translation to permit the reader to readily explore topics in greater detail. Since the Soviet edition's appearance in 1968 one very important area has developed - that of mode locking and picosecond pulse production. This area is so important that no comprehensive work on the laser published in 1972 could neglect it. Accordingly, Chapter XII was added to round off the treatment. I am indebted to my colleague, Professor A. J. Carruthers of the University of Minnesota for many illuminating discussions on mode locking.…