Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgments
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- SECTION 1 FUNDAMENTAL WAVE PROPERTIES OF LIGHT
- SECTION 2 FUNDAMENTAL QUANTUM PROPERTIES OF LIGHT
- SECTION 3 LASER AMPLIFIERS
- 7 CONDITIONS FOR PRODUCING A LASER – POPULATION INVERSIONS, GAIN, AND GAIN SATURATION
- 8 LASER OSCILLATION ABOVE THRESHOLD
- 9 REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING POPULATION INVERSIONS
- 10 LASER PUMPING REQUIREMENTS AND TECHNIQUES
- SECTION 4 LASER RESONATORS
- SECTION 5 SPECIFIC LASER SYSTEMS
- SECTION 6 FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION OF LASER BEAMS
- Appendix
- Index
- References
7 - CONDITIONS FOR PRODUCING A LASER – POPULATION INVERSIONS, GAIN, AND GAIN SATURATION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgments
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- SECTION 1 FUNDAMENTAL WAVE PROPERTIES OF LIGHT
- SECTION 2 FUNDAMENTAL QUANTUM PROPERTIES OF LIGHT
- SECTION 3 LASER AMPLIFIERS
- 7 CONDITIONS FOR PRODUCING A LASER – POPULATION INVERSIONS, GAIN, AND GAIN SATURATION
- 8 LASER OSCILLATION ABOVE THRESHOLD
- 9 REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING POPULATION INVERSIONS
- 10 LASER PUMPING REQUIREMENTS AND TECHNIQUES
- SECTION 4 LASER RESONATORS
- SECTION 5 SPECIFIC LASER SYSTEMS
- SECTION 6 FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION OF LASER BEAMS
- Appendix
- Index
- References
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- Laser Fundamentals , pp. 225 - 254Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004