Title Details: | |
Laser Physics |
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Authors: |
Kouris, Stylianos |
Reviewer: |
Koudoumas, Emmanouil |
Subject: | NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTIC, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS > OPTICS > LASERS, LASER SYSTEMS AND LASER APPLICATIONS |
Keywords: |
Laser
Principles of operation Nonlinear Optics |
Description: | |
Abstract: |
The book focuses on the presentation of Laser Physics, i.e. the physics that describes and explains the principles of laser operation, within the framework of a semester-long course lasting thirteen weeks, with three hours of teaching per week, in a Physics Department, and/or an Electrical Engineering Department, and/or a Materials Science Department. The level of the textbook assumes that the reader has already been exposed to and is familiar with and understands the following courses: Wave Physics, Optics, Electromagnetism, Elements (at least) of Quantum Mechanics, and an introductory course in Atomic/Molecular Physics. In any case, particular emphasis is placed on highlighting the physics of the various properties of laser radiation and the operating parameters of various laser devices. A relatively extensive chapter is devoted to the physics of the production, amplification and measurement of short laser pulses (femtosecond lasers), due to the enormous interest they have attracted in recent years in many areas of modern technology and basic research. The last chapter provides a brief introduction to the most important nonlinear optical phenomena and the generation of harmonic frequencies as a result of nonlinear interactions between light and matter. We note that, to the best of our knowledge, the Greek-language literature on these last two chapters is extremely limited, if not non-existent.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Klada, Nektaria |
Graphic Editors: |
Theodoraki, Alexandra |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 2015 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-960-603-232-5 |
License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/gr |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-501 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/5366 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Kouris, S. (2015). Laser Physics [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-501 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. Lasers as light sources and their properties 2. Light and Matter: scattering and absorption 3. The Visual Cavity 4. The basic light-matter interactions and the starting conditions of laser action 5. The function of lasers 6. Laser pulse generation techniques: the Q-switching 7. The rhythm encapsulation 8. The different types of lasers 9. The semiconductor lasers 10. Introduction to Nonlinear Optics |
Number of pages |
445 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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