000			01400nam a22001937a 4500
008			220129b2010 |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780198506928
082			_a621.366 HOO-S
100			_aHooker, Simon
245			_aLaser physics / _cSimon Hooker and Colin Webb
260			_aNew York _bOxford University Press _c2010
300			_a586 p.
365			_aGBP _b52.50.
500			_aIn this book the interaction of radiation and matter, and the principles of laser operation are treated at a level suitable for fourth-year undergraduate courses or introductory graduate courses in physics, chemistry or engineering. The factors which determine efficiency, wavelength coverage, output power, and beam quality of the different classes of laser are treated both in terms of fundamental theory and practical construction aspects. Details of established types of solid-state, semiconductor, and gas lasers are examined together with the techniques that enable their output to be converted widely across the spectrum. The latest advances in high power fibre lasers, femtosecond lasers, and X-ray lasers are explained. The text is liberally illustrated with more than 300 diagrams. An extensive bibliography is provided, together with numerical problems in each chapter. Solutions are available via the web.
650			_aOptics
650			_aLasers
650			_aLight
700			_aWebb, Colin
999			_c71604 _d71604