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.