Lasers and their application to the observation of Bose-Einstein condensates /

The first part of this book overviews the physics of lasers and describes some of the more common types of lasers and their applications. Applications of lasers include CD/DVD players, laser printers and fiber optic communication devices. Part II of this book describes the phenomenon of Bose-Einstei...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunlap, R. A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 6.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Lasers.
Bose-Einstein condensation.
Optical physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • part I. Lasers. 1. The basic physics of lasers
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Optical spectra
  • 1.3. Stimulated emission
  • 1.4. Creating a population inversion
  • 1.5. Laser modes and coherence
  • 1.6. Problems
  • 2. Types of lasers I : conventional lasers
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Solid state lasers
  • 2.3. Second harmonic generation
  • 2.4. Gas lasers
  • 2.5. Dye lasers
  • 3. Types of lasers II : semiconducting lasers
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Semiconductor physics
  • 3.3. Semiconducting junctions
  • 3.4. LEDs and semiconductor lasers
  • 3.5. Problems
  • 4. Laser applications
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Communications
  • 4.3. Optical data discs
  • 4.4. Printers
  • 4.5. Industrial applications
  • 4.6. Inertial confinement fusion
  • part II. Bose-Einstein condensates. 5. Fermions and bosons
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Fermions, bosons and the Pauli principle
  • 5.3. Distinguishable and indistinguishable particles and quantum states
  • 5.4. What is a boson and what is not a boson?
  • 5.5. Bose-Einstein condensation
  • 5.6. Problems
  • 6. Cooling techniques
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Cooling techniques : the dilution refrigerator
  • 6.3. Cooling techniques--adiabatic demagnetization
  • 6.4. Laser cooling
  • 6.5. Sisyphus cooling
  • 6.6. Magneto-optic traps
  • 6.7. Forced evaporative cooling
  • 6.8. Problems
  • 7. The Bose-Einstein condensate
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Creating and identifying a Bose-Einstein condensate
  • 7.3. Why is it useful?
  • 7.4. Problems.

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