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Taylor & Francis Ltd Handbook of Laser Technology and Applications Four Volume Set 2021 Edition by Chunlei Guo, Subhash Chandra Singh
This comprehensive handbook set gives a fully updated guide to lasers and laser systems, including the complete range of their technical applications. The first volume outlines the fundamental components of lasers, their properties and working principles. The second volume gives exhaustive coverage of all major categories of lasers, from solid-state and semiconductor diode to fiber, waveguide, gas, chemical, and dye lasers. The third volume covers modern applications in engineering and technology, including all new and updated case studies spanning telecommunications and data storage to medicine, optical measurement, defense and security, nanomaterials processing and characterization. The forth volume covers laser applications in the medical, metrology and communications fields. Table of contents : - Laser Components, Properties, and Basic Principles. Laser Components. Laser Properties. Basic Principles. Laser Design and Fabrication. Solid State Lasers. Laser Diodes. Gas/Vapor Lasers. Chemical Lasers. Fiber and Waveguide Lasers. Dye Lasers. Other Lasers. Laser System Design. Optical Components. Optical Pulse Generation. Harmonic Generation. Beam Delivery. Laser Beam Management. Laser Safety. Applications. Bulk Materials Processing. Nanomaterials Processing. Nanomaterials Characterization. Optical Metrology. Biomedical Applications. Optical Communications. Optical Information Storage. Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms, Ions and Molecules. Lasers in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Lasers in Astronomy. Holography. Lasers in Plasma Research. Lasers for Defense and Security