Springer Handbook of Lasers and Optics

Frank Trager is a full professor of experimental physics and head of the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructure Science and Technology -- CINSaT at the University of Kassel, Germany. Frank Trager received the diploma in physics from the University of Heidelberg where he continued his research to earn a Ph.D. in physics in 1974. Following his habilitation, he joined the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California, as a guest scientist from 1981 to 1982 and for several sabbaticals until 1986. Since 1986, he has been an associate Professor at the Institute of Physics of the University of Heidelberg, and since September 1990 a full Professor in the Physics Department of the University of Kassel, Germany. His current research interests are the preparation and characterization of metal nanoparticles and self-assembled functional films, nonlinear optical phenomena, the study and application of nonthermal desorption and ablation phenomena, ultrafast electron dynamics on the femtosecond timescale and, last but not least, imaging of DNA by scanning probe microscopies. In his experiments, tunable laser radiation plays an essential role. Frank Trager serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Applied Physics B -- Lasers and Optics published by Springer-Verlag. He is a Corresponding Member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and of acatech, Konvent fur Technikwissenschaften der Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften e.V.

Foreword by Theodor W. Hansch 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