Quantum Electronics
Amnon Yariv, H. W. Moos · American Journal of Physics · 1968
The thirteen years that have intervened since the appearance of the second edition of this book have witnessed some important developments in the field of lasers and quantum electronics. Foremost among them are: phase-conjugate optics and its myriad applications, the long wavelength quaternary semiconductor laser, and the deepened understanding of the physics of semiconductor lasers—especially that applying to their current modulation and limiting linewidth, laser arrays and the related concept of supermodes, quantum well semiconductor lasers, the role of phase amplitude coupling in laser noise, and free-electron lasers. The present edition retains nearly all the material of the second edition. There are four new chapters on semiconductor lasers, quantum well lasers, free-electron lasers, and phase-conjugate optics. In addition, the chapters on laser noise and third-order nonlinear effects have been extensively revised.