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Lasers : invention to application / John R. Whinnery, symposium chairman ; Jesse H. Ausubel, H. Dale Langford, editors ; National Academy of Engineering.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lasers.
- Photonics.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 134 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1987.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- The laser
- still young at 25? / Anthony E. Siegman
- Lasers in modern industries / Anthony J. DeMaria
- Lasers in communications and information processing / C. Kumar N. Patel
- Lasers in medicine / Rodney Perkins
- Lasers in science / Arthur L. Schawlow
- Interactions between the science and technology of lasers / John R. Whinnery.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographies.
- ISBN:
- 9786610221615
- 9781280221613
- 1280221615
- 9780309594714
- 0309594715
- 9780585143903
- 0585143900
- OCLC:
- 814282708
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