Laser Fundamentals

Laser Fundamentals provides an introduction to the physical and engineering principles of laser operation and design.

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An introductory text to the physical and engineering principles of laser operation and design written for senior undergraduates or first year graduate students. Silvfast (physics and electrical engineering, U. of Central Florida) road tested the presentation in his own classes and devotes ample space to examples, and homework problems to bolster the subjects of fundamental wave properties and quantum properties of light, laser amplifiers, laser resonators, laser systems, and frequency multiplication of laser beams. Includes illustrations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

William Silfvast received a BSc degree in both physics and mathematics and a PhD in physics from the University of Utah. In 1990, he joined the faculty of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida where he was Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering as well as a member of the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL). In 1999 he also became a Professor of Optics at the School of Optics. He is presently Emeritus Professor of Optics. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America and the IEEE. He has carried out pioneering work in the fields of metal vapor lasers, recombination lasers, photoionization-pumped lasers, laser plasmas, and EUV lithography. He is the author of over 100 technical papers and holds more than 30 patents.