Lasers and Electro-optics: Fundamentals and Engineering

by Christopher C. Davis

• ISBN13: 9780521308311
• ISBN10: 0521308313
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-05-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This comprehensive textbook provides a detailed introduction to the basic physics and engineering aspects of lasers, as well as to the design and operational principles of a wide range of optical systems and electro-optic devices. Throughout, full details of important derivations and results are given, as are many practical examples of the design, construction and performance characteristics of different types of lasers and electro-optic devices. Covering a broad range of topics in modern optical physics and engineering, this book will be invaluable to those taking undergraduate courses in laser physics, optoelectronics, photonics and optical engineering. It will also act as a useful reference for graduate students and researchers in these fields.

Table of Contents

1. Spontaneous and stimulated transitions

2. Optical frequency amplifiers

3. Introduction to two practical laser systems

4. Passive optical resonators

5. Optical resonators containing amplifying media

6. Laser radiation

7. Control of laser oscillators

8. Optically pumped solid state lasers

9. Gas lasers

10. Molecular gas lasers I

11. Molecular gas lasers II

12. Tunable lasers

13. Semiconductor lasers

14. Analysis of optical systems I

15. Analysis of optical systems II

16. Optics of Gaussian beams

17. Optical fibers and waveguides

18. Optics of anisotropic media

19. The electro-optic and acousto-optic effects and modulation of light beams

20. Introduction to non-linear processes

21. Wave propagation in non-linear media

22. Detection of optical radiation

23. Coherence theory

24. Laser applications

Appendices

Index.