Название: A Beginner’s Guide to Lasers and Their Applications, Part 1: Insights into Laser Science
Автор: Dhruba J. Biswas
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2023
Страниц: 331
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 12.7 MB

This two-volume book provides an enriching insight into the laser, covering different types of lasers, the basic science behind the technology, their role at the cutting-edge of current scientific research, and their wide-ranging applications. With just high school physics as a prerequisite and favoring qualitative yet scientifically sound explanations over high-level mathematics, this book is aimed at a broad spectrum of readers in physics, chemistry, engineering, medicine, and biology. Its engaging and lucid presentation is enhanced with plenty of illustrations, making the world of the laser accessible to undergraduate students in the sciences and any other inquisitive readers with high school physics under their belts. Furthermore, the text is often laced with anecdotes, picked from history, that are bound to pique the minds of the readers. It is ideal for self-study or as a complement to courses on optics and optoelectronics.

The inbuilt tiny size of the semiconductor laser enabling its ready integration with other devices primarily led to an explosion of research activity across the world to perfect the diode laser technology by exploiting the unique properties that a semiconductor is known to offer. This has led to the emergence of diode lasers as the undisputed leader in the world of lasers; the readers may refer to the second volume of this book to catch a glimpse on the seemingly endless applications of these lasers covering almost all branches of science and technology. As a matter of fact, to say that today diode lasers have made profound impact on our day-to-day life will not be an overstatement; they are present everywhere – CD players, DVD players, barcode readers, laser pointers, cellphones, HD TV – and most importantly they are central to the ever-expanding global communication network making possible the hassle-free long distance transpacific and transatlantic video/audio calls. To be able to appreciate the workings of diode lasers and their diversity and versatility, it is imperative to gain insight into the physics of semiconductors. An intuitive approach will be followed here to elucidate the basics of semiconductors prerequisite for an easy understanding of the working of all variants of diode lasers.

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