The Laser Guidebook

by Jeff Hecht

Book Overview

A comprehensive and practical guide aimed at helping end-users quickly and easily choose the laser best suited to their needs. Starting with a concise introduction reviewing the fundamentals of lasers and optics, this work goes on to offer up-to-date, practical information on all major types of lasers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070277370
• ISBN13: 9780070277373
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Tab Books
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An excellent guidebook for engineers and non-technical users

The book is intended to be the introductory laser textbook and also intended to be utilized as a professional reference book for laser engineers and non-technical laser users that requiring a knowledge of the basic fundamentals and the latest advances in laser. In addition to the pedagogy within the book, the author develop the entire text into a coherent treatise starting from basic principles, and makes the book a joy to read. This is one of the best lasers books today, fun and easy to use, excellent overview and excellent explanations. This book covers the most important aspects of lasers. It has information on many types of lasers and includes a lot of practical information. The author is really interested in teaching the subject. It is an excellent book.