Springer Handbook of Lasers and Optics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387955798 ISBN 13: 9780387955797

Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2007

Synopsis

Springer Handbook of Lasers and Optics gives a complete and up-to-date overview of this area in one consistent book. All chapters are written by leading experts. They are clearly structured with coherent presentation and editing. A CD-ROM is included for easy search. The book is designed for daily use in the office or laboratory and offers descriptive text, data, and references needed for anyone working with lasers and optical instruments. With a foreword by Theodor W. Hänsch, the book will interest optical physicists and optical engineers at universities and in industrial research and development.

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Review:

From the reviews: "Frank Träger has assembled a veritable who’s who of laser researchers ... . In short, go out and buy this book; it is an excellent desk reference for researchers and research students. Undergraduates will find much to interest them, especially those contemplating entering the field. My only problem is where to hide my copy before my students think it should be on their shelf!" (Barry Luther-Davies, Australian Physics, Vol. 44 (4), 2007) "This weighty work is intended to offer comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the wide fields of optics and lasers. ... Overall text is clear, well written and accompanied by appropriate tables and diagrams. ... The book’s content emphasis is very much on material suitable for the optical practitioner. ... a worthy addition to stock for any library supporting physics at a university or specialist level." (Gareth J. Johnson, Reference Reviews, Vol. 22 (2), 2008)

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The Springer Handbook of Lasers and Optics provides fast, up-to-date, comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the wide fields of optics and lasers. It is written for daily use in the office or laboratory and offers explanatory text, data, and references needed for anyone working with lasers and optical instruments. Each chapter or section is authored by respected experts and contains the basic principles, applications and latest information in the field. Among the subjects covered are geometrical and wave optics, linear and nonlinear optics, optical materials and components, detectors, incoherent and all essential types of coherent light sources, generation of ultrashort pulses, spectroscopic techniques, laser safety as well as current trends in such modern areas as quantum optics, femto- and attosecond physics, and nanooptics as well as optics beyond the diffraction limit. The 21 chapters are grouped into four parts which cover basic principles and materials, fabrication and properties of optical components, coherent and incoherent light sources, and, finally, selected applications and special fields such as terahertz photonics, X-ray optics and holography. The handbook is written and compiled for physicists, engineers and other scientists at universities and in industrial research who develop and use optical techniques. With a Foreword by Nobel Laureate T.W. Hänsch Key Topics Basic Optics PrinciplesCoherent and Incoherent Light SourcesUltrafast Physics and SpectroscopiesOptical Materials and Their PropertiesFabrication and Properties of Optical ComponentsSelected Applications and Special Fields: Nanooptics, Quantum Optics, X-Ray Optics, Terahertz Photonics and HolographyFeatures Contains over 980 two-color illustrations.Includes over 120 comprehensive tables with properties of optical materials and light sources.Emphasizes physical concepts over extensive mathematical derivations.Chapters with summaries, detailed index and fully searchable CD-ROM guarantee quick access to data.Delivers a wealth of up-to-date references.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0387955798
• ISBN 13: 9780387955797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1358
• Editor: Träger Frank