, Tunable Laser Optics (Elsevier Academic,
New York, 2003)
ISBN: 0-12-222696-8
Tunable Laser Optics includes 134 figures, 34 tables, 547 equations, 52 problems,
and 435 archival references in 272 pages. Detailed solutions to the problems will be made available, in PDF form, to professors and faculty using Tunable Laser Optics as a textbook. Please e-mail if you are interested.
A list of corrections, for the readers of Tunable Laser Optics, is available in PDF form.
CONTENTS
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to Lasers
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Historical Remarks
1.2 Lasers
1.2.1 Laser Optics
1.3. Excitation Mechanisms and Rate Equations
1.3.1 Rate Equations
1.3.2 Dynamics of Multiple-Level System
1.3.3 Transition Probabilities and Cross Sections
1.4. Laser Resonators and Laser Cavities
Problems
References
Chapter 2: Dirac Optics
2.1 Dirac Notation in Optics
2.2 Interference
2.2.1 Geometry of the N-Slit Interferometer
2.2.2 N-Slit Interferometer Experiment
2.3 Diffraction
2.4 Refraction
2.5 Reflection
2.6 Angular Dispersion
2.7 Dirac and the Laser
Problems
References
Chapter 3: The Uncertainty Principle in Optics
3.1 Approximate Derivation of the Uncertainty Principle
3.1.1 The Wave Character of Particles
3.1.2 The Diffraction Identity and the Uncertainty Principle
3.1.3 Alternative Versions of the Uncertainty Principle
3.2 Applications of the Uncertainty Principle
3.2.1 Beam Divergence
3.2.2 Beam Divergence and Astronomy
3.2.3 The Uncertainty Principle and the Cavity Linewidth Equation
8.2.1 Second Harmonic and Sum Frequency Generation
8.2.2 Difference Frequency Generation and Optical Parametric Oscillation
8.2.3 The Refractive Index in Nonlinear Optics
8.3 Optical Phase Conjugation
8.4 Raman Shifting
8.5 Applications of Nonlinear Optics (Note: contains a description on the use of tunable lasers in optical clockwork and the generation of optical frequency combs)
Problems
References
Chapter 9: Lasers and Their Emission Characteristics
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Gas Lasers
9.2.1 Pulsed Molecular Gas Lasers
9.2.2 Pulsed Atomic and Ionic Metal Vapor Lasers
9.2.3 Continuous Wave Gas Lasers
9.3. Dye Lasers
9.3.1 Pulsed Dye Lasers
9.3.2 Continuous Wave Dye Lasers
9.4 Solid State Lasers
9.4.1 Ionic Solid-State Lasers
9.4.2 Transition Metal Solid-State Lasers
9.4.3 Color Center Lasers
9.4.4 Diode-Laser-Pumped Fiber Lasers
9.4.5 Optical Parametric Oscillators
9.5 Semiconductor Lasers
9.6 Additional Lasers
Problems
References
Chapter 10: Architecture of N-Slit Interferometric-Laser Optical Systems
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Optical Architecture the N-Slit Laser Interferometer (N-Slit Interferometer and N-Slit Interferometry)
10.2.1 Beam Propagation in the N-Slit Laser Interferometer
10.3 An Interferometric Computer
10.4 Applications of the N-Slit Laser Interferometer
10.4.1 Digital Laser Microdensitometer
10.4.2 Light Modulation Measurements
10.4.3 Wavelength Meter and Broadband Interferograms
10.5 Sensitometry
Problems
References
Chapter 11: Spectrometry and Interferometry
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Spectrometry
11.2.1 Prism Spectrometers
11.2.2 Diffraction Grating Spectrometers
11.2.3 Dispersive Wavelength Meters
11.3 Interferometry
11.3.1 Two-Beam Interferometers
11.3.2 Multiple-Beam Interferometers
11.3.3 Interferometric Wavelength Meters
Problems
References
Chapter 12: Physical Constants and Optical Quantities
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K. Osvay et al., Measurement of non-compensated angular dispersion and the subsequent temporal lengthening of femtosecond pulses in a CPA laser, Opt. Commun. 248, 201-209 (2005).
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M. Meinhardt, Tunable lasers: investigating UV effects with monochromatic light, in UV Conference, New Zealand, 2006.
W. T. Chyla, On generation of collimated high-power gamma beams, Laser Part. Beams 24, 143-156 (2006).
T. Chung et al., Solid state spectral narrowing using a volumetric photothermal refractive Bragg grating cavity mirror, Opt. Lett. 31, 229-231 (2006).
T. Chung et al., Spectral narrowing in solid state lasers by narrow-band PTR Bragg mirrors, SPIE 6216, 621603 (2006).
J. Bañuelos Prieto et al., Concerning the color change of pyrromethene 650 in electron-donor solvents, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 184, 298-305 (2006).
U. N. Singh et al., Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring VII (SPIE, Bellingham, 2006).
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