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Physics Bulletin

Basic Theory of Lasers and Masers

Donald W. Goodwin

Published Jul 1, 1972• 8 citations
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Jacques Vanier London: Gordon and Breach 1971 pp 115 price £4.75 This monograph, one in the Documents in Modern Physics series, describes the density matrix formalism as applied to problems in basic quantum electronics. The first chapter gives a brief introduction to those aspects of quantum mechanics essential to an understanding of the following chapters.

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10.1088/0031-9112/23/7/024

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