Lasers and Electro-optics : Fundamentals and Engineering

This comprehensive textbook provides a detailed introduction to the basic physics and engineering aspects of lasers, as well as to the design and operational principles of a wide range of optical systems and electro-optic devices. Throughout, full details of important derivations and results are given, as are many practical examples of the design, construction and performance characteristics of different types of lasers and electro-optic devices. Covering a broad range of topics in modern optical physics and engineering, this book will be invaluable to those taking undergraduate courses in laser physics, optoelectronics, photonics and optical engineering. It will also act as a useful reference for graduate students and researchers in these fields.

Contents

1. Spontaneous and stimulated transitions
2. Optical frequency amplifiers
3. Introduction to two practical laser systems
4. Passive optical resonators
5. Optical resonators containing amplifying media
6. Laser radiation
7. Control of laser oscillators
8. Optically pumped solid state lasers
9. Gas lasers
10. Molecular gas lasers I
11. Molecular gas lasers II
12. Tunable lasers
13. Semiconductor lasers
14. Analysis of optical systems I
15. Analysis of optical systems II
16. Optics of Gaussian beams
17. Optical fibers and waveguides
18. Optics of anisotropic media
19. The electro-optic and acousto-optic effects and modulation of light beams
20. Introduction to non-linear processes
21. Wave propagation in non-linear media
22. Detection of optical radiation
23. Coherence theory
24. Laser applications
Appendices
Index.