Publisher's Synopsis
Providing readers with the necessary information to apply laser technology intelligently, this guide covers the basic concepts of lasers and optics as related to lasers. It also examines the industrial applications of lasers and industrial laser scale systems.;The book covers anti-reflection coatings, electro-optical modulators, and optical materials. It devotes an entire chapter to devices and techniques used in industry that require structured laser light, but not the accuracy that can be obtained by using interferometry, and discusses industrial applicatons of traditional interferometric techniques that have benefited by the advent of the laser. It also includes up-to-date material on the thermoplastic holographic plates, carrier fringe techniques and speckle interferometry.
