TY - BOOK AU - Hooker,Simon AU - Webb,Colin E. TI - Laser physics SN - 9780198506928 (pbk.) U1 - 535 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Lasers KW - Optics KW - Light N1 - 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 ER -