Lasers [electronic resource] : the power and precision of light / by Ladan Arissian, Jean Claude Diels.

A scenic route through the laser : The meaning of >>laser<< ; Radiation from an atom ; The anatomy of a laser ; Some examples of lasers ; Pulsed lasers ; Properties of a laser beam ; How to make the shortest laser pulse ; Ultrashort ultraintense laser pulses ; Ultrashort ultraprecise laser pulses ; Ultrashort ultrasensitive laser pulses ; The nonlinear wizard: juggling with frequencies
Laser coherence at home : The laser printer ; The laser scanner ; The laser in data storage ; Miscellaneous applications
The laser in medicine : Introduction ; The laser in dentistry ; The laser and vision ; Lasers and the neural network ; Lasers for the skin and cosmetics ; Lasers in surgery ; Biostimulation lasers for ulcer treatment ; Lasers in diagnostics ; Ultrafast peeking
Lasers in industry : Laser machining ; Laser cutting/drilling ; Cutting the forest ; Nanostructure with lasers
Laser time capsule : Introduction ; Ultrashort pulses in microscopy ; Communication ; Frequency combs
Light in matter : Attosecond science ; Lasers in nuclear physics and accelerators ; Laser cooling
High power lasers (tazer/teaser) : Filaments ; Laser-induced lightning ; Lazer tazer-teaser
Laser sensors : Passive sensors ; Active sensors
Future perspectives.