Lasers : the power and precision of light /

• Main Author: Diels, Jean-Claude
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arissian, Ladan
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2011]
• Subjects: Lasers.; Light.; Optics.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Lasers & Photonics.; Lasrar.; Ljus.; Optik.; Electronic books.

"Lasers" are active ingredients of our modern life, but they are inconspicuous as they often go unnoticed. This intuitive introductory guide will tell you all you want to know about laser technologies in very diverse fields from nuclear and particle physics to medicine, astronomy and ultra...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• A Scenic Route through the Laser
• Laser Coherence at Home
• The Laser in Medicine
• Lasers in Industry
• Laser Time Capsule
• Light in Matter
• High Power Lasers (Tazer/Teaser)
• Laser Sensors
• Future Perspectives
• Index
• Colour Plates.