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
- 3 PARTICLE NATURE OF LIGHT – DISCRETE ENERGY LEVELS
- 4 RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS AND EMISSION LINEWIDTH
- 5 ENERGY LEVELS AND RADIATIVE PROPERTIES OF MOLECULES, LIQUIDS, AND SOLIDS
- 6 RADIATION AND THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM – ABSORPTION AND STIMULATED EMISSION
- SECTION 3 LASER AMPLIFIERS
- SECTION 4 LASER RESONATORS
- SECTION 5 SPECIFIC LASER SYSTEMS
- SECTION 6 FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION OF LASER BEAMS
- Appendix
- Index
- References
4 - RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS AND EMISSION LINEWIDTH
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
- 3 PARTICLE NATURE OF LIGHT – DISCRETE ENERGY LEVELS
- 4 RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS AND EMISSION LINEWIDTH
- 5 ENERGY LEVELS AND RADIATIVE PROPERTIES OF MOLECULES, LIQUIDS, AND SOLIDS
- 6 RADIATION AND THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM – ABSORPTION AND STIMULATED EMISSION
- SECTION 3 LASER AMPLIFIERS
- SECTION 4 LASER RESONATORS
- SECTION 5 SPECIFIC LASER SYSTEMS
- SECTION 6 FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION OF LASER BEAMS
- Appendix
- Index
- References
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- Type
- Chapter
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- Laser Fundamentals , pp. 89 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004