List of Figures List of Tables Preface Author Introduction to Lasers Introduction Historical Remarks Lasers Laser Optics Laser Categories Excitation Mechanisms and Rate Equations Rate Equations Dynamics of Multiple-Level System Transition Probabilities and Cross Sections The Schrödinger Equation and Semiconductor Lasers A Heuristic Introduction to the Schrödinger Equation The Schrödinger Equation via Dirac''s Notation The Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation Semiconductor Emission Quantum Wells Quantum Cascade Lasers Quantum Dots Introduction to Laser Resonators and Laser Cavities Problems Dirac Optics Introduction Dirac''s Notation in Optics Interference Example Geometry of the N-Slit Interferometer N-Slit Interferometer Experiment Generalized Diffraction Positive Diffraction Positive and Negative Refraction Reflection The Cavity Linewidth Equation Introduction to Angular Dispersion Dirac and the Laser Problems The Uncertainty Principle in Optics Approximate Derivation of the Uncertainty Principle The Wave Character of Particles The Diffraction Identity and the Uncertainty Principle Alternative Versions of the Uncertainty Principle Applications of the Uncertainty Principle in Optics Beam Divergence Beam Divergence and Astronomy The Interferometric Equation and the Uncertainty Principle Quantum Cryptography Problems The Physics of Multiple-Prism Optics Introduction Generalized Multiple-Prism Dispersion Double-Pass Generalized Multiple-Prism Dispersion Multiple Return-Pass Generalized Multiple- Prism Dispersion Single-Prism Equations Multiple-Prism Dispersion Linewidth Narrowing Mechanics of Linewidth Narrowing in Optically Pumped Pulsed Laser Oscillators Design of Zero-Dispersion Multiple-Prism Beam Expanders Dispersion of Amici, or Compound, Prisms Example Multiple-Prism Dispersion and Pulse Compression Example Applications of Multiple-Prism Arrays Problems Polarization Introduction Maxwell Equations Polarization and Reflection Plane of Incidence Jones Calculus Example Polarizing Prisms Transmission Efficiency in Multiple-Prism Arrays Induced Polarization in a Double-Prism Beam Expander Double-Refraction Polarizers Intensity Control of Laser Beams Using Polarization Polarization Rotators Birefringent Polarization Rotators Broadband Prismatic Polarization Rotators Problems Laser Beam Propagation Matrices Introduction ABCD Propagation Matrices Properties of ABCD Matrices Survey of ABCD Matrices The Astronomical Telescope A Single Prism in Space Multiple-Prism Beam Expanders Telescopes in Series Single Return-Pass Beam Divergence Multiple Return-Pass Beam Divergence Unstable Resonators Higher Order Matrices Problems Narrow-Linewidth Tunable Laser Oscillators Introduction Transverse and Longitudinal Modes Transverse Mode Structure Longitudinal Mode Emission Tunable Laser Oscillator Architectures Tunable Laser Oscillators without Intracavity Beam Expansion Tunable Laser Oscillators with Intracavity Beam Expansion Widely Tunable Narrow-Linewidth External Cavity Semiconductor Lasers Distributed Feedback Lasers Wavelength Tuning Techniques Prismatic Tuning Techniques Diffractive Tuning Techniques Synchronous Tuning Techniques Bragg Gratings Interferometric Tuning Techniques Longitudinal Tuning Techniques for Laser Microcavities Birefringent Filters Polarization Matching Design of Efficient Narrow-Linewidth Tunable Laser Oscillators Useful Axioms for the Design of Narrow- Linewidth Tunable Laser Oscillators Narrow-Linewidth Oscillator-Amplifiers Laser-Pumped Narrow-Linewidth Oscillator- Amplifiers Narrow-Linewidth MO Forced Oscillators Discussion Problems Nonlinear Optics Introduction Introduction to Nonlinear Polarization Generation of Frequency Harmonics Second Harmonic and Sum-Frequency Generation Difference-Frequency Generation and Optical Parametric Oscillation The Refractive Index as a Function of Intensity Optical Phase Conjugation Raman Shifting Optical Clockwork Problems Lasers and Their Emission Characteristics Introduction Gas Lasers Pulsed Molecular Gas Lasers Pulsed Atomic Metal Vapor Lasers CW Gas Lasers Organic Dye Lasers Pulsed Organic Dye Lasers CW Organic Dye Lasers Solid-State Lasers Ionic Solid-State Lasers Transition Metal Solid-State Lasers Color Center Lasers Diode Laser-Pumped Fiber Lasers Optical Parametric Oscillators Semiconductor Lasers Tunable Quantum Cascade Lasers Tunable Quantum Dot Lasers Additional Lasers Problems The N-Slit Laser Interferometer: Optical Architecture and Applications Introduction Optical Architecture of the NSLI Beam Propagation in the NSLI An Interferometric Computer Secure Interferometric Communications in Free Space Very Large NSLIs for Secure Interferometric Communications in Free Space Applications of the NSLI Digital Laser Micromeasurements Light Modulation Measurements Wavelength Meter and Broadband Interferograms Imaging Laser Printers Problems Interferometry Introduction Two-Beam Interferometers The Sagnac Interferometer The Mach-Zehnder Interferometer The Michelson Interferometer Multiple-Beam Interferometers The Hanbury Brown-Twiss Interferometer The Fabry-Pérot Interferometer Design of Fabry-Pérot Etalons Coherent and Semicoherent Interferograms Example Interferometric Wavelength Meters &P>Quantum Cascade Lasers Quantum Dots Introduction to Laser Resonators and Laser Cavities Problems Dirac Optics Introduction Dirac''s Notation in Optics Interference Example Geometry of the N-Slit Interferometer N-Slit Interferometer Experiment Generalized Diffraction Positive Diffraction Positive and Negative Refraction Reflection The Cavity Linewidth Equation Introduction to Angular Dispersion Dirac and the Laser Problems The Uncertainty Principle in Optics Approximate Derivation of the Uncertainty Principle The Wave Character of Particles The Diffraction Identity and the Uncertainty Principle Alternative Versions of the Uncertainty Principle Applications of the Uncertainty Principle in Optics Beam Divergence Beam Divergence and Astronomy The Interferometric Equation and the Uncertainty Principle Quantum Cryptography Problems The Physics of Multiple-Prism Optics Introduction Generalized Multiple-Prism Dispersion Double-Pass Generalized Multiple-Prism Dispersion Multiple Return-Pass Generalized Multiple- Prism Dispersion Single-Prism Equations Multiple-Prism Dispersion Linewidth Narrowing Mechanics of Linewidth Narrowing in Optically Pumped Pulsed Laser Oscillators Design of Zero-Dispersion Multiple-Prism Beam Expanders Dispersion of Amici, or Compound, Prisms Example Multiple-Prism Dispersion and Pulse Compression Example Applications of Multiple-Prism Arrays Problems Polarization Introduction Maxwell Equations Polarization and Reflection Plane of Incidence Jones Calculus Example Polarizing Prisms Transmission Efficiency in Multiple-Prism Arrays Induced Polarization in a Double-Prism Beam Expander Double-Refraction Polarizers Intensity Control of Laser Beams Using Polarization Polarization Rotators Birefringent Polarization Rotators Broadband Prismatic Polarization Rotators Problems Laser Beam Propagation Matrices Introduction ABCD Propagation Matrices Properties of ABCD Matrices Survey of ABCD Matrices The Astronomical Telescope A Single Prism in Space Multiple-Prism Beam Expanders Telescopes in Series Single Retu.