Optical Materials
Optical Materials

Author: Musikant

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1985-05-22

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780824773090

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This unique book provides the optics designer and user with the latest advances on materials used as optical elements in systems and devices -- in one convenient volume. Presenting fundamental performance requirements, basic characteristics, principles of fabrication, possibilities for new or modified optical materials, and key characterization data, this outstanding source facilitates optical materials selection and application. Comprehensive and thorough, this reference offers a broad review of old and new optical materials such as glasses, crystalline materials, plastics, and coatings ... contains specific optical and characterization information useful for preliminary calculations ... and explains processes used to manufacture optical materials, giving insight into possible modifications of materials caused by process variations. Plus, this practical text includes a glossary of terms for a basic understanding, numerous illustrations for a clear perspective, and references for easy access to related material. This single-source volume is ideal for optical system/device designers and developers; design and development engineers; materials engineers; physical measurements engineers; test engineers, optics designers, and optics engineers; professional seminars; and undergraduate- and graduate-level students in optical and materials sciences courses. Book jacket.

Applications of the Laser
Applications of the Laser

Author: Leon Goldman

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-05-04

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 1351086715

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The laser's range of application is extraordinary. Arthur Schawlow says, "What instrument can shuck a bucket of oysters, correct typing errors, fuse atoms, lay a straight line for a garden bed, repair detached retinas, and drill holes in dia monds?"O The laser's specifically biomedical uses cover a similarly broad and interesting spectrum. In this book, I have endeavored to convey some of the fas cination that the laser has long held for me. It is my hope that both clinicians and researchers in the various medical and surgical specialties will find the book a use ful introduction. Biologists, particularly molecular biologists, should also find a great deal of relevant information herein. This volume's distinguished contributors provide admirably lucid discussions of laser principles, instrumentation, and current practice in their respective special ties. Safety, design, capabilities, and costs of various lasers are also reviewed. We have aimed to create a practical text that is comprehensive but not exhaustive. Our emphasis on the practical, rather than the esoteric, is dictated not only by the short history of biomedical laser use, but by the extent of the community to which this information will appeal.

Industrial Applications of Lasers
Industrial Applications of Lasers

Author: John Ready

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 605

ISBN-13: 0323144780

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Industrial Applications of Lasers focuses on how lasers have been used for practical applications in industry. This text aims to stimulate the imagination of the readers, who can then evaluate the potential application of lasers to solve their own problems. Comprised of 21 chapters, this book starts with an overview of the fundamental background of lasers, and then discusses the basic principles of how lasers operate. Other chapters provide an understanding of how holograms really work. This text also discusses several topics relevant to lasers, themselves, including the types of practical lasers and laser properties. This book considers laser safety, which is very important for anyone considering a laser application. Finally, this text explores the various developed laser applications, including scribing of ceramics, laser welding and cutting of metals, as well as applications in surveying, alignment, and metrology. This book is a valuable resource to laser technicians, physicists, scientists, researchers, and readers whose interests span a variety of fields.

Fiber Optics
Fiber Optics

Author: Robert J. Hoss

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 1993-05-27

Total Pages: 555

ISBN-13: 0132441810

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A practical and up-to-date tutorial on everything necessary to understand how to apply fiber in a communications application. covers components, system design, cable installation, and systems and fiber measurement. For technicians, associates, trainers, supervisors, or engineers that have to either design, install and/or maintain a practical fiber system in today's environment.

The Laser in America, 1950-1970
The Laser in America, 1950-1970

Author: Joan Lisa Bromberg

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780262023184

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In this book Joan Lisa Bromberg brings a historian's broad perspective to bear on the formative years of laser research in the United States.