Bertolotti, Mario,

Masers and lasers : an historical approach / Masers and lasers Mario Bertolotti. - Second edition. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. Stimulated emission : could the laser have been built more than 80 years ago? -- chapter 3. Intermezzo : magnetic resonance and optical pumping -- chapter 4. The maser -- chapter 5. The laser -- chapter 6. The first lasers -- chapter 7. Laser properties and progresses in novel lasers -- chapter 8. Nonlinear optics -- chapter 9. More exotic lasers -- chapter 10. The statistical properties of light.

9781482217803

10.1201/b18201 doi


Lasers.
Masers.

TA1675 / .B47 2015

621.366 / B546