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TUNABLE LASER OPTICS
Francisco J. Duarte
Eastman pany
Research Laboratories
Rochester, New York
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Contents
Preface xiii
Chapter 1
Introduction to Lasers
Introduction 1
Historical Remarks 2
Lasers 3
Laser Optics 5
Excitation Mechanisms and Rate Equations
Rate Equations 5
Dynamics of the Multiple-Level System
Transition Probabilities and Cross Sections 11
Laser Resonators and Laser Cavities 14
Problems 20
References 20
Chapter 2
Dirac Optics
Dirac Notation in Optics 23
Interference 25
Geometry of the N-Slit Interferometer 29
N-Slit Interferometer Experiment 29
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