Laser physics/
Simon Hooker and Colin Webb.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- xv, 586 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [563]-578) and index.
Introduction -- The interaction of radiation and matter -- Broadening mechanisms and lineshapes -- Light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation -- Gain saturation -- The laser oscillator -- Solid-state lasers -- Dynamic cavity effects -- Semiconductor lasers -- Fibre lasers -- Atomic gas lasers -- Infra-red molecular gas lasers -- Ultraviolet molecular gas lasers -- Dye lasers -- Non-linear frequency conversion -- Precision frequency control of lasers -- Ultrafast lasers -- Short-wavelength lasers -- Appendix A: The semi-classical theory of the interaction of radiation and matter -- Appendix B: The spectral Einstein coefficients -- Appendix C: Kleinman's conjecture.