" Lasers is a remarkably well written book that should become the standard introductory text on laser physics." Optical & Quantum Electronic News Lasers is both a text and general reference book with an emphasis on basic laser principles and theory. It gives a complete, detailed and accurate treatment of laser physics, building only on classical models, without requiring a quantum mechanical background of the reader.
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"An extraordinary tutorial text particularly for use by graduate students as well as an invaluable reference for the seasoned professional." -- IEEE Spectrum
"LASERS is a remarkably well written book that should become the standard introductory text on laser physics." -- Optical and Quantum Electronic News
"The classic pedagogical treatment of the subject." -- Physics Today
"LASERS is a remarkably well written book that should become the standard introductory text on laser physics." -- Optical and Quantum Electronic News
"The classic pedagogical treatment of the subject." -- Physics Today
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Anthony Siegman is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He received his Undergraduate degree from Harvard and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford.
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This is universally regarded as the ultimate reference for lasers. After discovering it in grad school, I understand why! Siegman's explanations are truly phenomenal and "Lasers" treats virtually every topic on lasers. Plus, he has comprehensive errata on his website!
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A lucid, pedagogical and rigorous survey of the entire field,
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I used LASERS for both of Siegman's courses at Stanford, and even now it has become well worn with use in our lasers laboratory. Both the fundamental physics and contemporary technology are rigorously covered in their essential entirety, in a well written and lucid survey of the field. Indeed, care had obviously been taken to develop the entire text into a coherent treatise starting from first principles, and the pedagogical treatment of the subject still makes the book nothing short of a joy to read. Five stars as a textbook; five as a working reference.
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Excellent reference for engineers,
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Unlike many optics-oriented books, the math in this book will be more familiar to engineers. Most others are written from a Physicist's perspective. An excellent reference for general optics, as well as lasers. More rigorous than many other titles.
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Lasers are devices that generate or amplify coherent radiation at frequencies in the infrared, visible, or ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
real atomic transitions, paraxial optical system, flopping behavior, stable gaussian resonator, unstable optical resonators, saturable absorbing medium, spacing wax, atomic rate equations, applied signal field, paraxial system, circulating intensity, paraxial elements, gaussian pulse parameter, input pulseshape, complex paraxial resonator, optical resonator modes, upper pumping level, electromagnetic surroundings, different axial modes, reference optical axis, complex lorentzian lineshape, frequency wsp, inverted population difference, oscillation power output, spectral packets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bell Sys, Academic Press, Optics Commun, New York, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Experimental Results Figure, Laser Handbook, Pergamon Press, Bell Laboratories, Electron Devices, Modern Optics, Optics Lett, Picosecond Phenomena, Stanford University, Dover Publications, Plenum Press, Principles of Optics, Scientific American, Willis Lamb New!
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real atomic transitions, paraxial optical system, flopping behavior, stable gaussian resonator, unstable optical resonators, saturable absorbing medium, spacing wax, atomic rate equations, applied signal field, paraxial system, circulating intensity, paraxial elements, gaussian pulse parameter, input pulseshape, complex paraxial resonator, optical resonator modes, upper pumping level, electromagnetic surroundings, different axial modes, reference optical axis, complex lorentzian lineshape, frequency wsp, inverted population difference, oscillation power output, spectral packets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bell Sys, Academic Press, Optics Commun, New York, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Experimental Results Figure, Laser Handbook, Pergamon Press, Bell Laboratories, Electron Devices, Modern Optics, Optics Lett, Picosecond Phenomena, Stanford University, Dover Publications, Plenum Press, Principles of Optics, Scientific American, Willis Lamb New!
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- Progress in Optics Volume 39, Volume 39 by Author Unknown on 7 pages
- Advances in Microwaves: v. 1 by Leo Young on 4 pages
- Ultrashort light pulses: Picosecond techniques and applications (Topics in applied physics ; v. 18) by S. L. ( Ed. ) Shapiro on page 99, and page 166
- The Theory of Atomic Spectra by E. U. Condon on page 4 (1), and page 4 (2)
- BASIC ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY. by Demetrius Paris and F. Kenneth Hurd. on page 88
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