Spontaneous and stimulated emission
Absorption and The laser idea
Pumping schemes
Properties of laser beams
Laser types
Absorption and stimulated emission
Line-Broadening Mechanisms
Nonradiative decay and energy transfer
Degenerate or strongly coupled levels
Saturation
Fluorscence decay of an optically dense medium
Energy levels
Radiative and nonradiative transitions in molecules
Bulk semiconductors
Semiconductor Quantum Wells
Quantum wires and quantum dots
Ray and waves propagation through optical media
Properties of laser beams
Laser beam transformation
Propagation and Amplification
Frequency conversion
Pulse compression and pulse expansion
Solid-State
Dye and semiconductor lasers
Continuous wave laser behavior
Transient laser behavior
Passive optical resonators
Pumping processes.