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| List of Examples | |
| Introductory Concepts | p. 1 |
| Interaction of Radiation with Atoms and Ions | p. 17 |
| Energy Levels, Radiative, and Nonradiative Transitions in Molecules and Semiconductors | p. 81 |
| Ray and Wave Propagation through Optical Media | p. 129 |
| Passive Optical Resonators | p. 161 |
| Pumping Processes | p. 201 |
| Continuous Wave Laser Behavior | p. 249 |
| Transient Laser Behavior | p. 305 |
| Solid-State, Dye, and Semiconductor Lasers | p. 365 |
| Gas, Chemical, Free-Electon, and X-Ray Lasers | p. 419 |
| Properties of Laser Beams | p. 463 |
| Laser Beam Transformation: Propagation, Amplification, Frequency Conversion, Pulse Compression, and Pulse Expansion | p. 493 |
| Appendixes | p. 535 |
| Semiclassical Treatment of the Interaction of Radiation and Matter | p. 535 |
| Lineshape Calculation for Collision Broadening | p. 541 |
| Simplified Treatment of Amplified Spontaneous Emission | p. 545 |
| Calculation of the Radiative Transition Rates of Molecular Transitions | p. 549 |
| Space-Dependent Rate Equations | p. 553 |
| Mode-Locking Theory: Homogeneous Line | p. 563 |
| Propagation of a Laser Pulse through a Dispersive Medium or a Gain Medium | p. 571 |
| Higher-Order Coherence | p. 577 |
| Physical Constants and Useful Conversion Factors | p. 581 |
| Answers to Selected Problems | p. 583 |
| Index | p. 595 |
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