Understanding Lasers: An Entry-Level Guide (IEEE Press Understanding Science & Technology Series) - Softcover

Hecht, Jeff

 
9780470088906: Understanding Lasers: An Entry-Level Guide (IEEE Press Understanding Science & Technology Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0470088907 ISBN 13: 9780470088906
Verlag: Wiley-IEEE Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

An up-to-date and easy-to-follow introduction to laser technology
 
Laser technology has become important in a wide range of practical applications, ranging from medicine and consumer electronics to telecommunications and military technology. Lasers are also vital tools on the cutting edge of research-eighteen recipients of the Nobel Prize received the award for laser-related research, including the laser itself, holography, laser cooling, and Bose-Einstein condensates.
 
Updated to reflect advancements since publication of the previous edition, Understanding Lasers, Third Edition offers an introduction to lasers and associated equipment at a level that nontechnicians can fundamentally understand. The author focuses on real-world lasers and assumes only a minimal background in algebra, making the book a practical, easy-to-follow guide for a broad audience.
 
Beginning with an overview of how lasers work, what they do, and how they're used, the book goes on to explore:
* Optics and laser accessories
* Semiconductor diode lasers
* Gas lasers
* Low-power laser applications
* Solid-state and fiber lasers
* High-power laser applications
* Lasers in research
 
Complete with conceptual drawings, tables, and multiple-choice quizzes with answers provided at the back of the book, Understanding Lasers, Third Edition serves as an ideal introduction to the subject for advanced high school students, undergraduate physics and engineering students, and professionals who work with lasers but lack formal training.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jeff Hecht is a science and technology writer who has covered the laser industry for more than thirty years. He cofounded Lasers & Optronics magazine and has been a contributing editor to Laser Focus World since 1991, where he was also managing editor for seven years. He has been a Boston correspondent for New Scientist magazine since 1984 and is the author of eleven books. He has taught short courses on optics at SPIE, OSA, and IEEE LEOS conferences. He is a member of the IEEE, APS, OSA, and the National Association of Science Writers.

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An up-to-date and easy-to-follow introduction to laser technology
 
Laser technology has become important in a wide range of practical applications, ranging from medicine and consumer electronics to telecommunications and military technology. Lasers are also vital tools on the cutting edge of research-eighteen recipients of the Nobel Prize received the award for laser-related research, including the laser itself, holography, laser cooling, and Bose-Einstein condensates.
 
Updated to reflect advancements since publication of the previous edition, Understanding Lasers, Third Edition offers an introduction to lasers and associated equipment at a level that nontechnicians can fundamentally understand. The author focuses on real-world lasers and assumes only a minimal background in algebra, making the book a practical, easy-to-follow guide for a broad audience.
 
Beginning with an overview of how lasers work, what they do, and how they're used, the book goes on to explore:
* Optics and laser accessories
* Semiconductor diode lasers
* Gas lasers
* Low-power laser applications
* Solid-state and fiber lasers
* High-power laser applications
* Lasers in research
 
Complete with conceptual drawings, tables, and multiple-choice quizzes with answers provided at the back of the book, Understanding Lasers, Third Edition serves as an ideal introduction to the subject for advanced high school students, undergraduate physics and engineering students, and professionals who work with lasers but lack formal training.

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Verlag
Wiley-IEEE Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0470088907
ISBN 13 
9780470088906
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
3
Anzahl der Seiten
496
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