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Tunable Laser Optics

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Tunable Laser Optics is a fairly comprehensive review that can be used as the main textbook for an advanced undergraduate optics course for physics or engineers students. It introduces essential basic tools for understanding the laser physics with a succinct but complete description of the theory of lasers. The optics part of the book is organized in a new way following the 6 principal processes occurring with light: interference, diffraction, refraction, reflection, dispersion, and polarization. This structure of the optics section helps to avoid redundancies often found in standard textbooks. The Dirac notation and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle are used to explain properties of light. This gives a solid mathematical and physical background to solve the optics problems arising in the design and construction of tunable laser optical systems and other optical instrumentation. The book uses the matrix method for the description of propagation of light in systems with lenses, diffraction gratings, and prisms. In summary, Tunable Laser Optics introduces the "warfare" that a student, or an experimentalist, needs to understand for the successful design and construction of tunable lasers and optical devices.

The author is the leading world's expert in the field of Tunable Laser Design. Tunable Laser Optics is the first clear and concise presentation of the state of the art for tunable laser. The field is clearly presented and provides a powerful insight into the physics of tunable laser systems. The use of Dirac's notation for the calcualtion of the interference and diffraction efects of the tuning elements proves an elegant and powerful techique for designing tunable laser systems. The complete coverage of the technical area and the easy readable writing style of the author will ensure that Tunable Laser Optics will be a classic reference that will be enjoyed by both students and researchers. I give Tunable Laser Optics my strongest recommendation.