Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- 1 Electromagnetic waves, light, and lasers
- 2 Optical frequency amplifiers
- 3 An introduction to two practical laser systems
- 4 Optical resonators containing amplifying media
- 5 Laser radiation
- 6 Control of laser oscillators
- 7 Optically pumped solid-state lasers
- 8 Gas lasers
- 9 Molecular gas lasers I
- 10 Molecular gas lasers II
- 11 Tunable lasers
- 12 Semiconductor lasers
- 13 Passive optical systems
- 14 Periodic optical systems, resonators, and inhomogeneous media
- 15 The optics of Gaussian beams
- 16 Optical fibers and waveguides
- 17 The optics of anisotropic media
- 18 The electro-optic and acousto-optic effects and modulation of light beams
- 19 Introduction to nonlinear processes
- 20 Wave propagation in nonlinear media
- 21 Detection of optical radiation
- 22 Coherence theory
- 23 Laser applications
- Appendix 1 Optical terminology
- Appendix 2 The ´-function
- Appendix 3 Black-body radiation formulas
- Appendix 4 RLC circuits
- Appendix 5 Storage and transport of energy by electromagnetic fields
- Appendix 6 The reflection and refraction of a plane electromagnetic wave at a boundary between two isotropicmedia of different refractive indices
- Appendix 7 The vector differential equation for light rays
- Appendix 8 Symmetry properties of crystals and the 32 crystal classes
- Appendix 9 Tensors
- Appendix 10 Bessel-function relations
- Appendix 11 Green's functions
- Appendix 12 Recommended values of some physical constants
- Index
- References
15 - The optics of Gaussian beams
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- 1 Electromagnetic waves, light, and lasers
- 2 Optical frequency amplifiers
- 3 An introduction to two practical laser systems
- 4 Optical resonators containing amplifying media
- 5 Laser radiation
- 6 Control of laser oscillators
- 7 Optically pumped solid-state lasers
- 8 Gas lasers
- 9 Molecular gas lasers I
- 10 Molecular gas lasers II
- 11 Tunable lasers
- 12 Semiconductor lasers
- 13 Passive optical systems
- 14 Periodic optical systems, resonators, and inhomogeneous media
- 15 The optics of Gaussian beams
- 16 Optical fibers and waveguides
- 17 The optics of anisotropic media
- 18 The electro-optic and acousto-optic effects and modulation of light beams
- 19 Introduction to nonlinear processes
- 20 Wave propagation in nonlinear media
- 21 Detection of optical radiation
- 22 Coherence theory
- 23 Laser applications
- Appendix 1 Optical terminology
- Appendix 2 The ´-function
- Appendix 3 Black-body radiation formulas
- Appendix 4 RLC circuits
- Appendix 5 Storage and transport of energy by electromagnetic fields
- Appendix 6 The reflection and refraction of a plane electromagnetic wave at a boundary between two isotropicmedia of different refractive indices
- Appendix 7 The vector differential equation for light rays
- Appendix 8 Symmetry properties of crystals and the 32 crystal classes
- Appendix 9 Tensors
- Appendix 10 Bessel-function relations
- Appendix 11 Green's functions
- Appendix 12 Recommended values of some physical constants
- Index
- References
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- Lasers and Electro-opticsFundamentals and Engineering, pp. 438 - 480Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014
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