1. Edition - October 2008
322.- Euro
2008. XII, 844 Pages, 2 Volumes, Hardcover
340 Fig. (340 Colored Fig.), 12 Tab. 
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-40828-2
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40828-3 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin








Short description
This comprehensive authored encyclopedia in two volumes explains the terms and principles of laser physics and technology,icncluding general optics and optoelectronics, nonlinear, quantum and fiber optics, as well as ultrashort pulses and optical communications.

From the contents
Amplifiers
Beam
Bragg Gratings
Cavity
Chirp
Coherence
Communications
Dispersion
Doppler
Fibers and other waveguides
Fiber-optic sensors
Fluctuations and noise
Fluorescence
Gain
General optics
Lasers
Materials
Methods
Metrology
Nonlinear optics
Photonic devices
Physical foundations
Pulses
Quantum optics
Resonators