Gordon and Breach Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1976 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, under dust-jacket grand In-8 1 vol. - 643 pages
1st edition Contents, Chapitres : Introduction, Contributors, Contents, xiv, Text, 629 pages - 1. Laser sources : Interaction of radiation with matter - Theory of open resonators - Semiconductor lasers - Liquid lasers - Gaseous lasers - Q-switching and mode-locking - Solid state lasers - 2. Applications : Theory of holography - Application of holography - Information processing with optical methods - Atmospheric propagation - Effects of atmosphere on the propagation of laser beams - Transmission of information with laser beams - Beam modulation theory - Machining with laser beams - The actual state of laser surgery - Quantum optics and photon statistics - Laser light scattering from turbulent fluid - Non linear optics - Self-focusing and self-trapping of intense laser beams - Plasma generation and diagnostics by lasers - Light scattering from simple fluids and binary mixtures near the critical point some very small parts of the jacket are torn, without missings, otherwise near fine copy