E-grāmata: Spectral, Spatial, and Temporal Properties of Lasers

Basic Notation.- I. Certain Information from Luminescence Theory.- §
1.
Absorption and Luminescence Spectra of Impurity Luminophors.- §
2.
Nonradiative Transitions Between Electronic Levels of an Impurity Atom.- §
3.
Nonradiative Energy Transfer Between Impurity Atoms.- Conclusions.- II. The
Threshold and Output Power of a Laser.- §
4. The Effective Absorption
Coefficient.- §
5. The Threshold Pumping Power.- §
6. The Output Radiation
Power of a Laser.- Conclusions.- III. The Natural Oscillations of an Ideal
Resonator (Linear Theory).- §
7. The Oscillation Modes of a Closed
Resonator.- §
8. The Modes of an Open Resonator.- Conclusions.- IV. The
Transverse Structure of the Electromagnetic Field in a Plane-Parallel
Resonator.- §
9. The Equation for the Electromagnetic Field.- §10. The Field
Distribution over a Cross Section Having the Shape of a Half-Plane.- §
11.
The Intensity Distribution over a Cross Section Having Finite Dimensions.- §
12. The Diffraction Losses.- §
13. The Range of Application of the Treatment.
Comparison with Experiment.- Conclusions.- V. Longitudinal Structure of the
Electromagnetic Field in a Plane-Parallel Resonator.- §
14. The Longitudinal
Mode of a Resonator Having an Infinite Cross Section.- §
15. The Number of
Simultaneously Generated Longitudinal Modes.- §
16. The Electromagnetic Field
in a Resonator Having a Finite Cross Section.- §17. The Effective Absorption
Coefficient.- Conclusions.- VI. A Laser with Concave Reflectors.- §18. The
Equivalent Mechanical System.- §
19. Taking Account of the Active Medium.-
§20. Cylindrical Mirrors.- §21. Reflectors in the Shape of a Surface of
Rotation.- §
22. The Spectral Composition of the Radiation.- §
23. The
Transition to a Resonator with Plane Mirrors.- §
24. An OpticalResonator with
Lenses.- Conclusions.- VII. Relaxational Intensity Oscillations.- §25. The
Kinetic Equations.- §26. The General Picture of Oscillations of Stimulated
Emission.- §27. Oscillations Having a Large Amplitude.- §28. Damping of
Oscillations and Their Amplitudes.- §29. Range of Applicability and
Experimental Data.- §30. Self Oscillations.- Conclusions.- VIII. The Spectral
Width of the Radiation.- §
31. The Spectral Composition of the Radiation.- §
32. The Effect of Kinetic Operation on the Spectral Width of the Generation.-
Conclusions.- IX. The Threshold Phenomena Related to Microinhomogeneity of
the Active Medium.- §
33. Spectral Width of Radition from a Laser with an
Inhomogeneously Broadened Luminescence Line. The Basic Equations.- §
34. The
Spectral-Broadening Threshold.- §
35. The Equation for the Intensity of the
Polarization Components.- §
36. The Second Generation Threshold.- §
37. The
Intensity of the Fundamental Component under Conditions when the Second
Component Cannot Be Generated.- §
38. The Degree of Polarization of the
Radiation.- §
39. Comparison with Experimental Data.- Conclusions.- X. Active
Q-Modulation.- §
40. Obtaining a Single Pulse by Means of Rapid Q-Switching.-
§
41. Equations for Light Energy in a Resonator with Modulated Q.- §
42.
Shape of the Intensity Peak.- §
43. Effect of a Finite Q-Switching Rate and
Pump Nonuniformity on the Shape of the Peak.- §
44. Stimulated Intensity
Oscillations.- Conclusions.- XI. Passive Q-Modulation.- §
45. The Mechanism
of Passive Q-Modulation.- §
46. The Equation for a Passive Optical Shutter.-
§
47. A Passive Shutter Open Either Negligibly or Completely.- §
48. Various
Operating Modes of a Laser with a Passive Shutter.- Conclusions.- XII. Mode
Locking and Ultrashort Pulses.-§
49. The Electric Field of a Multimode
Laser.- §
50. Forced Mode Locking.- §
51. Self Mode Locking.- §
52. Pulse
Velocity Inside the Cavity.- Conclusions.- References.