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1、H.HAKEN--LASERTIGHTDYNAMICSNOR]HHOttANDLIGHTVolume2LASERLIGHTDYNAMICSH.HAKENIt!jrirutfurTheoretischePhysik,StuttgartORTH-HOLLANDPHYSICSPUBLISHINGif1STERDAM.NEWYORK.OXFORD.TOKYOPrefacetothePrefaceDearReader,Beforeyoureadthisbook,andevenitspreface,thefollowingremarksmightbeusefult
2、oyou.Sincethisbookis"Volume2"youmaybeinclinedtobelievethatyoumustknowallthecontentsof"Volume1"beforeyoucanstartreading(and,ofcourse,understanding)"Volume2".Butthisisnotthecase.Thepresent"Volume2"againstartsataratherelementarylevel,andthenproceedsstepbysteptomoredifficultmatters.O
3、nlyattheselaterstagessomemoreadvancedtheoreticalbackgroundisrequiredwhichthencanbetakenfrom"VolumeI".Ihavechosenthiswayofpresentationtomakethetheoryoflaserlightaccessibletoabroadaudience-rangingfromstudentsatthebeginningoftheirgraduatestudiestoprofessorsandscientistsinterestedinr
4、ecentdevelopments.Fordetailsontherelationsbetweenthechaptersofthesebooksconsultthelistattheendoftheintroduction.H.HakenPrefaceThisbookisatextwhichappliestostudentsandprofessorsofphysics.Becauseitoffersabroadviewonlaserphysicsandpresentsmostrecentresultsonthedynamicsoflaserlight,s
5、uchasself-pulsingandchaos,itwillbeofinterestalsotoscientistsandengineersengagedinlaserresearchordevelopment.Thistextstartsataratherelementarylevelandwillsmoothlyleadthereaderintothemoredifficultproblemsoflaserphysics,includingthebasicfeaturesofthecoherenceandnoisepropertiesoflase
6、rlight.Intheintroductorychapters,typicalexperimentalset-upsandlasermaterialswillbediscussed,butthemainpartofthisbookwillbedevotedtoatheoreticaltreatmentofagreatvarietyoflaserprocesses.Thelaser,ortheopticalmaser,asitwasoriginallycalled,isoneofthemostimportantinventionsofthiscentur
7、yandhasfoundagreatnumberofimportantapplicationsinphysics,chemistry,medicine,engineering,telecommunica-tions,andotherfields.Itbearsgreatpromisesforfurtherapplications,e.g.incomputers.Butalsofromthepointofviewofbasicresearch,astudyofthephysicalprocesseswhichproducetheuniqueproperti
8、esoflaserlightareequallyfascinating.Thel