Springer Handbook of Lasers and Optics gives a complete and up-to-date overview of this area in one consistent book. All chapters are written by leading experts. They are clearly structured with coherent presentation and editing. A CD-ROM is included for easy search. The book is designed for daily use in the office or laboratory and offers descriptive text, data, and references needed for anyone working with lasers and optical instruments. With a foreword by Theodor W. Hänsch, the book will interest optical physicists and optical engineers at universities and in industrial research and development.

Foreword by Theodor W. Hänsch Part A: Basic Principles and Materials Chap. 1 Properties of Light Chap. 2 Geometrical Optics Chap. 3 Wave Optics Chap. 4 Nonlinear Optics Chap. 5 Optical Materials and Their Properties Chap. 6 Thin Films Part B: Fabrication and Properties of Optical Components Chap. 7 Optical Design and Design Software Chap. 8 Advanced Optical Components Chap. 9 Optical Detectors Part C: Coherent and Incoherent Light Sources Chap. 10 Incoherent Light Sources Chap. 11 Lasers and Coherent Light Sources Chap. 12 Short and Ultrashort Laser Pulses Part D: Selected Applications and Special Fields Chap. 13 Optical and Spectroscopic Techniques Chap. 14 Quantum Optics Chap. 15 Nanooptics Chap. 16 Optics Far Beyond the Diffraction Limit Chap. 17 Terahertz Photonics Chap. 18 X-Ray Optics Chap.19 Atmospheric Optics Chap. 20 Holography and Optical Data Storage Chap. 21 Laser Safety About the Authors Subject Index