Optics, Light and Lasers ：The Practical Approach to Modern Aspects of Photonics and Laser Physics

Publication subTitle ：The Practical Approach to Modern Aspects of Photonics and Laser Physics

Author： Dieter Meschede  

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year： 2008

E-ISBN: 9783527618880

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783527406289

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9783527406289

Subject： O436 wave optics (PO)

Language： ENG

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Description

Starting from the concepts of classical optics, Optics, Light and Lasers introduces in detail the phenomena of linear and nonlinear light matter interaction, the properties of modern laser sources, and the concepts of quantum optics. Several examples taken from the scope of modern research are provided to emphasize the relevance of optics in current developments within science and technology. The text has been written for newcomers to the topic and benefits from the author's ability to explain difficult sequences and effects in a straightforward and easily comprehensible way. To this second, completely updated and enlarged edition, new chapters on quantum optics, quantum information, matter waves, photonic fibres and materials have been added, as well as more than 100 problems on laser physics and applied optics.

Chapter

Contents

pp.：  7 – 11

Preface

pp.：  11 – 13

1 Light rays

pp.：  13 – 45

2 Wave optics

pp.：  45 – 93

3 Light propagation in matter

pp.：  93 – 161

4 Optical images

pp.：  161 – 189

5 Coherence and interferometry

pp.：  189 – 233

6 Light and matter

pp.：  233 – 267

7 The laser

pp.：  267 – 309

8 Laser dynamics

pp.：  309 – 345

9 Semiconductor lasers

pp.：  345 – 383

10 Sensors for light

pp.：  383 – 413

11 Laser spectroscopy

pp.：  413 – 451

12 Photons – an introduction to quantum optics

pp.：  451 – 501

13 Nonlinear optics I: optical mixing processes

pp.：  501 – 533

14 Nonlinear optics II: four-wave mixing

pp.：  533 – 545

Appendix

pp.：  545 – 557

Bibliography

pp.：  557 – 565

Index

pp.：  565 – 572

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