Comprehensive in its scope and practical in its approach, this guide aims to help end users quickly and easily choose the laser best suited to their needs. Starting with a concise introduction to the fundamentals of lasers and optics, this book offers practical, up-to-date information on all major types of lasers for applications ranging from science, engineering, and manufacturing to medicine and entertainment. The second edition contains all-new chapters on X-ray lasers, free-electron lasers, fiber lasers, and semiconductor lasers. For easy reference, chapters on each laser share a common structure that includes - basic physics and optics, internal workings, beam characteristics and efficiency, operating requirements, reliability and maintenance, safety considerations and applications and commercial availability.
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Jeff Hecht has been writing about lasers, optics and fiber optics for more than 35 years. After writing for industry magazine Laser Focus World for several years, he began writing books that explain laser science and technology to newcomers to the field. His books are aimed at readers from middle-school students to professionals. The New York Academy of Sciences gave his book Optics: Light for a New Age, honorable mention as one of the best children's science books in older age group in 1988. His technician-training and self-study book Understanding Fiber Optics is now in its fifth edition, with more than 100,000 copies in print.
After years of writing about new science and technology, he turned to the history of fiber optics, writing City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics, as part of the Sloan Technology Series. More recently, he wrote BEAM: The Race to Make The Laser, describing the work that led to the world's first laser in 1960.
He continues to write extensively for magazines, covering topics from lasers to dinosaurs for New Scientist magazine, and continuing developments in lasers and photonics for Laser Focus World
After years of writing about new science and technology, he turned to the history of fiber optics, writing City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics, as part of the Sloan Technology Series. More recently, he wrote BEAM: The Race to Make The Laser, describing the work that led to the world's first laser in 1960.
He continues to write extensively for magazines, covering topics from lasers to dinosaurs for New Scientist magazine, and continuing developments in lasers and photonics for Laser Focus World
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The key concepts of laser physics are so far removed from the normal realm of classical physics that it took many years to put the conceptual pieces together into a working laser. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
modelocked pulses, laser accessories, lead salt lasers, pulsed neodymium lasers, vibronic lasers, neodymium hosts, ultraviolet operation, commercial excimer lasers, rare gas ion lasers, laser species, laser makers, multistripe arrays, gold vapor lasers, ode lasers, multiline operation, multiline output, discharge bore, cavity optics, metal vapor lasers, krypton lines, laser gases, resonator optics, modelocked lasers, upper laser level, diode laser pumping Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The key concepts of laser physics are so far removed from the normal realm of classical physics that it took many years to put the conceptual pieces together into a working laser. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
modelocked pulses, laser accessories, lead salt lasers, pulsed neodymium lasers, vibronic lasers, neodymium hosts, ultraviolet operation, commercial excimer lasers, rare gas ion lasers, laser species, laser makers, multistripe arrays, gold vapor lasers, ode lasers, multiline operation, multiline output, discharge bore, cavity optics, metal vapor lasers, krypton lines, laser gases, resonator optics, modelocked lasers, upper laser level, diode laser pumping Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Quantum Electronics, Academic Press, Boca Raton, Handbook of Laser Science, Optical Society of America, Optics Letters, Marcel Dekker, Commercial Devices Standard Configurations, Operating Requirements Input Power, Temporal Characteristics, United States, Physical Review Letters, Electronics Letters, Laser Focus World, Jeff Hecht, Possible Repairs, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Courtesy of Laser Photonics Inc, Handbook of Solid-State Lasers, Mechanical Durability, Photonics Technology Letters, Kai Chang, San Diego New!
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- Handbook of Solid-state Lasers (Optical Science and Engineering) by Peter Cheo on 7 pages
- Principles of Lasers by Orazio Svelto on 6 pages
- Solid-State Laser Engineering (Springer Series in Optical Sciences) by Walter Koechner on 4 pages
- Beam Weapons: The Next Arms Race by Jeff Hecht on 4 pages
- Practical Laser Safety (Occupational Safety and Health) by Winburn on page 11, page 295, and page 416
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- Fault Detectability in DWDM: Towards Higher Signal Quality and System Reliability by Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos on page 42, page 56, and page 87
- Laser Spectroscopy (Practical Spectroscopy) by E. Roland Menzel in Front Matter, page 69, and Back Matter
- Lasers and Optical Fibers in Medicine (Physical Techniques in Biology and Medicine) by Abraham Katzir on page 57, and Back Matter
- Optical Metrology by Kjell J. Gåsvik on page 117, and Back Matter
- Practical Optical System Layout: And Use of Stock Lenses by Warren Smith in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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