Laser Age in Optics

206, [2] pp. Monochrome and black-and-white illustrations throughout. From the jacket: A "popular science book concerned with new trends in optics arising from development of the laser. In this book the author successfully combines a popular style of presentation with, when necessary, a serious scientific treatment of the problems involved. Consequently, the book can be recommended not only for secondary school students but also for a layman adult reader wanting to study in some detail about the principles involved in lasers, optical holography and nonlinear optics. The reader will find a popular, vivid and intelligent presentation of many elusive concepts which as a rule, are either not covered at all in literature of this kind or only in passing."