Lasers and Their Application to the Observation of Bose-Einstein Condensates

by Richard A Dunlap

Overview

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-Einstein condensation. The experimental techniques used to create a Bose-Einstein condensate provide an interesting and unconventional application of lasers; that is, the cooling and confinement of a dilute gas at very low temperature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781643276939
Publisher:	Morgan and Claypool Publishers
Publication date:	09/04/2019
Series:	Iop Concise Physics
Pages:	102
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Richard A Dunlap received a BS in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an AM in Physics from Dartmouth College and a PhD in Physics from Clark University. He currently holds an appointment as Research Professor in the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University.

His previous books include: Experimental Physics: Modern Methods, The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Numbers, An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclei and Particles, Sustainable Energy, Novel Microstructures for Solids, Particle Physics, and The Mössbauer Effect.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Author biography
• Part I Lasers
  • The basic physics of lasers
  • Types of lasers I: conventional lasers
  • Types of lasers II: semiconducting lasers
  • Laser applications
• Part II Bose-Einstein condensates
  • Fermions and bosons
  • Cooling techniques
  • The Bose-Einstein condensate