Lasers A comprehensive introduction to the operating principles and applications of lasers. Explains basic principles, including the necessary elements of classical and quantum physics. Provides concise discussions of various laser types including gas, solid state, semiconductor, and free electron lasers, as well as of laser resonators, diffraction, optical coherence, and many applications including holography, phase conjugation, wave mixing, and nonlinear optics. Incorporates many intuitive explanations and practical examples. Discussions are self--contained in a consistent notation and in a style that should appeal to physicists, chemists, optical scientists and engineers.
- ISBN10 0471627313
- ISBN13 9780471627319
- Publish Date 7 November 1988
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 21 April 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 768
- Language English