Authored by one of the founders and major players in this field of research, this is a thorough and comprehensive approach to the quantum mechanical output coupling theory of lasers -- an important area of optical physics that has so far been neglected in the scientific literature. Clearly structured, the various sections cover one-dimensional optical cavity, laser, and microcavity laser with output coupling, atom-field interaction in a free-dimensional space, 3D analysis of spontaneous emission in a planar microcavity with output coupling, plus two-atom spontaneous emission. With numerous end-of-chapter problems, this is vital reading for theoretical physicists, laser specialists, and physicists in industry, as well as students and lecturers in physics.

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1 A one-dimensional optical cavity with output coupling-classical analysis2 A one-dimensional optical cavity with output coupling-quantum analysis3 A one-dimensional quasimode laser: General formulation4 A one-dimensional quasimode laser-Semiclassical and quantum analysis5 A one-dimensional laser with output couplingDerivation of the laser equation of motion6 A one-dimensional laser with output coupling-Contour integral method7 A one-dimensional laser with output coupling-Semiclassical linear gain analysis8 A one-dimensional laser with output coupling-Semiclassical nonlinear gainanalysis9 A one-dimensional laser with output coupling-Quantum linear gain analysis10 A one-dimensional laser with output couplingQuantum nonlinear gain analysis11 Analysis of a one-dimensional laser with two-side output couplingThe propagation method12 A one-dimensional laser with output couplingSummary and interpretation of the results13 Spontaneous emission in a one-dimensional optical cavity with output coupling14 Theory of excess noise15 Quantum theory of the output coupling of an optical cavityAppendices