Diels, Jean-Claude. <br/><br/>
Lasers :  the power and precision of light / 
Ladan Arissian and Jean Claude Diels. 
 - Weinheim [Germany] :  Wiley-VCH,  c2011. 
 - xii, 263 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>A scenic route through the laser : The meaning of >>laser<< ; Radiation from an atom ; The anatomy of a laser ; Some examples of lasers ; Pulsed lasers ; Properties of a laser beam ; How to make the shortest laser pulse ; Ultrashort ultraintense laser pulses ; Ultrashort ultraprecise laser pulses ; Ultrashort ultrasensitive laser pulses ; The nonlinear wizard: juggling with frequencies -- Laser coherence at home : The laser printer ; The laser scanner ; The laser in data storage ; Miscellaneous applications -- The laser in medicine : Introduction ; The laser in dentistry ; The laser and vision ; Lasers and the neural network ; Lasers for the skin and cosmetics ; Lasers in surgery ; Biostimulation lasers for ulcer treatment ; Lasers in diagnostics ; Ultrafast peeking -- Lasers in industry : Laser machining ; Laser cutting/drilling ; Cutting the forest ; Nanostructure with lasers -- Laser time capsule : Introduction ; Ultrashort pulses in microscopy ; Communication ; Frequency combs -- Light in matter : Attosecond science ; Lasers in nuclear physics and accelerators ; Laser cooling -- High power lasers (tazer/teaser) : Filaments ; Laser-induced lightning ; Lazer tazer-teaser -- Laser sensors : Passive sensors ; Active sensors -- Future perspectives. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783527410392 (print : pbk. : acidfree paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013444100 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB181718  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015842349  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lasers.<br/>Laser.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA1675  / .D54 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621.36/6