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Understanding Lasers: An Entry-Level Guide, 3rd Edition
Understanding Lasers: An Entry-Level Guide, 3rd Edition
Jeff Hecht, Laser Focus World and New Scientist magazines
ISBN: 978-0-470-08890-6
©2008
478 pages
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Hallmark Features
  • Written by a professional science writer to give readers an intuitive feel for lasers with a minimum of formal mathematics
  • Iillustrated with conceptual drawings and well-organized tables of information such as types of lasers, laser wavelengths, and detectors
  • Each chapter concludes with a multiple-choice quiz and the answers are provided at the end of the book
  • Key topics include: semiconductor lasers; solid-state lasers; gas lasers; and laser applications in information processing, medicine, communications, industry, and military systems.
 

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