Tunable Laser Optics - 9781138893757

CRC Press

Tunable Laser OpticsAuthor(s): F.J. Duarte\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781138893757, 978-1138893757\nSynopsis\nBroadly tunable lasers have had, and continue to have, an enormous impact in many and diverse fields of science and technology. From a renaissance in spectroscopy to laser guide stars and laser cooling, the nexus is the tunable laser.\n\nTunable Laser Optics offers a transparent and comprehensive treatment of the physics of tunable laser optics based on a detailed description of first principles. Authored by a leading expert in the field, the book covers the optics and optical principles needed to build lasers, the optics instrumentation necessary to characterize laser emission, and laser-based optical instrumentation, addressing key topics such as Diracs notation, the interferometric equation, the uncertainty principle, pulse compression, and tunable narrow-linewidth lasers.\n\nThis revised, expanded.