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Spectral, Spatial, and Temporal Properties of Lasers

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  • © 1972

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Authors:
  1. A. M. Ratner

    1. Insitute of Low-Temperature Physics and Engineering, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Khar’kov, USSR

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Part of the book series: Optical Physics and Engineering (OPEG)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Basic Notation

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 1-3

  3. Certain Information from Luminescence Theory

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 5-22

  4. The Threshold and Output Power of a Laser

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 23-38

  5. The Natural Oscillations of an Ideal Resonator (Linear Theory)

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 39-48

  6. The Transverse Structure of the Electromagnetic Field in a Plane-Parallel Resonator

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 49-66

  7. Longitudinal Structure of the Electromagnetic Field in a Plane-Parallel Resonator

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 67-80

  8. A Laser with Concave Reflectors

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 81-99

  9. Relaxational Intensity Oscillations

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 101-123

  10. The Spectral Width of the Radiation

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 125-139

  11. The Threshold Phenomena Related to Microinhomogeneity of the Active Medium

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 141-161

  12. Active Q Modulation

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 163-182

  13. Passive Q Modulation

    • A. M. Ratner
    Pages 183-199

  14. Mode Locking and Ultrashort Pulses

    • Richard A. Phillips
    Pages 201-212

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 213-220
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About this book

During the decade there were many developments in laser research and numerous applications of the laser were made in fields of science and engineering. Many theoretical and experimental ad­ vances were made in the Soviet Union; often they paralleled those taking place in the United States and elsewhere but started from different points, proceeded along different paths, and yielded dif­ ferent insights into the physical processes taking place in the la­ ser. The present book offers a unified theory of lasers by which the operating characteristics of the laser are described and re­ lated to the details of the radiation emitted. Extensive emenda­ tions to the original, Soviet edition were supplied by the author and incorporated into the text, and references to the English literature were added to the translation to permit the reader to readily ex­ plore topics in greater detail. Since the Soviet edition's appearance in 1968 one very impor­ tant area has developed-that of mode locking and picosecond pulse production. This area is so important that no comprehensive work on the laser published in 1972 could neglect it. Accordingly, Chap­ ter XII was added to round off the treatment. I am indebted to my colleague, Professor A. J. Carruthers of the University of Min­ nesota for many illuminating discussions on mode locking.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Insitute of Low-Temperature Physics and Engineering, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Khar’kov, USSR

    A. M. Ratner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Spectral, Spatial, and Temporal Properties of Lasers

  • Authors: A. M. Ratner

  • Series Title: Optical Physics and Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1926-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-1928-3Published: 23 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-1926-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 220

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Quantum Physics

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