Tunable Laser Optics, 2nd Edition

Preface

Broadly tunable lasers have had, and continue to have, an enormous impact in many and diverse fields of science and technology. From a renaissance in spectroscopy, to laser guide stars, to laser cooling, the nexus is the tunable laser. Tunable Laser Optics was conceived from a utilitarian perspective to distill into a single, and concise, volume the necessary optics to provide the foundations necessary to work efficiently and productively in an environment employing tunable lasers. The theoretical tools presented in this book use humble, practical mathematics. Mainly derived from the application of Dirac’s notation, these tools are widely applicable throughout optics: from interference, to diffraction, to refraction, to dispersion, and ...