Optics today /
edited by John N. Howard.
- New York : American Institute of Physics, 1986.
- 344 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. + hbk.
- Readings from physics today ; no 3 .
Includes bibliographical references.
Optics yesterday and tomorrow -- Laser physics:higher power, higher frequency and ultrashort -- Laser spectroscopy -- Holography and phase conjugation -- Lightwave communications, fiber and integrated optics -- Lasers in chemistry and industry -- X rays and tomography -- Concepts and epilogue.