Laser Physics (Paperback)

by Murray Iii" Sargent (Author), Marlan O. Scully (Author), Willis E. Jr." Lamb (Author) "In this book we treat the intersection of radiation with matter with special application to gain (amplifying) media typically existing in lasers..." (more)
Key Phrases: directed running waves, small vibrations analysis, atomic beam reservoir, New York, Academic Press, Laser Handbook (more...)

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This book treats the interaction of radiation with matter, particular attention being paid to the laser. Knowledge is assumed of the usual half-year introduction of quantum mechanics found in undergraduate physics curricula. The material can be covered in two semesters, or, alternatively, the first part (Chaps 1-13) can be used as a one-semester course in which quantum mechanical aspects of the electromagnetic field are ignored. Each chapter is accompanied by problems that illustrate the text and give useful (occasionally new) results.

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John Edgar Wideman is the first author to receive two PEN/Faulkner awards. He has written 13 books and is the author of Brothers and Keepers and Philadelphia Fire.

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Product Details Paperback: 462 pages Publisher: Westview Press (January 21, 1978) Language: English ISBN-10: 0201069032 ISBN-13: 978-0201069037 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.3 inches Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,496,172 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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directed running waves, small vibrations analysis, atomic beam reservoir, rate equation approximation, central tuning, population difference paa, cavity anisotropy, ammonia beam maser, symmetric tuning, perturbation tree, semiclassical laser theory, broadened medium, element pab, population pulsations, field state vector, intermode frequency, flopping frequency, plasma dispersion function, density operator equation, complex polarization, multimode field, hydrogen plane, atomic lifetimes, rth mode, laser equations

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New York, Academic Press, Laser Handbook, John Wiley, Coefficient Physical Context, Plenum Publishing Corp, The Feynman Lectures, Theoretical Physics, Oxford University Press, Pergamon Press

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This book cites 36 books:

• The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Commemorative Issue, Three Volume Set by Richard P. Feynman on 6 pages
• Quantum Optics by Marlan O. Scully on page 113, page 308, and page 357
• Laser Handbook (v. 1 & 2) by F. T. Arecchi on page 113, page 221, and page 356
• Laser Theory by Hermann Haken in Front Matter, page 113, and page 114
• Quantum Statistical Properties of Radiation (Wiley Classics Library) by William H. Louisell in Front Matter, page 280, and page 325

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• Laserspektroskopie: Grundlagen und Techniken (German Edition) by Wolfgang Demtröder on 4 pages
• Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Quantum Fluctuations in Semiconductor Lasers (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics) by Edeltraud Gehrig on 4 pages
• Frontiers of Laser Physics and Quantum Optics: Proceedings of the International Conference on Laser Physics and Quantum Optics by Zhizhan Xu on 4 pages

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Product Details

• Paperback: 462 pages
• Publisher: Westview Press (January 21, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201069032
• ISBN-13: 978-0201069037
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,496,172 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, March 7, 2004

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I wouldn't say this book is hard to read, as the other reader claims. On the contrary I found this book to be very readable. It starts from the very basic quantum mechanics of wave function, introduces density matrix, then semi-classical laser theory (EM field interaction), even discusses relaxation phenomenon (see the nice appendix on the quantum langevin equation!), then presents the real quantum theory of light interaction with matter. Without doubt this is a classic work, and should easily be accessible to upper-year undergraduates. There are no major difficulties.

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely useful for a laser physicist!, March 4, 2009

By	Nishant Bhatambrekar - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It is a very nice and easy to understand book for me. Of course, you need to have a good knowledge of the basic quantum mechanics and differential equations. But nevertheless, you'll understand the laser phenomenon quite well if you can chalk out the math to fill the gap between the equations. It gives analytical expressions which you can use to plot some graphs and get some feeling about the physics behind that expressions (and not just a mathematical scramble)! I strongly recommend this book for a serious reader and researchers who want to know some good laser physics.

1 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the bowls is not the best newcomer, July 3, 1999

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This review is from: Laser Physics (Hardcover)

why write a book that is so hard to read? I think that my cleverness is not enough to subtend the hard math.