Laser-Beam Interactions with Materials

From a physicist's point of view, this text treats the wide variety of processes that lasers can induce in materials. Physical phenomena ranging from optics to ... » 

From a physicist's point of view, this text treats the wide variety of processes that lasers can induce in materials. Physical phenomena ranging from optics to shock waves are discussed, as are applications in such diverse fields as semiconductor annealing and fusion plasma production. «