Lasers

Since the initial laser beam in 1960, use of lasers has mushroomed, opening new frontiers in medicine, manufacturing, communications, defense, and information storage and retrieval. Lasers: Invention to Application brings together a series of chapters by eminent scientists spanning the broad range of today's laser technology.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• The Laser: Still Young at 25?
• Lasers in Modern Industries
• Lasers in Communications and Information Processing
• Lasers in Medicine
• Lasers in Science
• Interactions between the Science and Technology of Lasers
• Contributors
• Glossary
• Plates
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