No other resource in the field comes close to its breadth and depth, with contributions from leading industrial and academic institutions around the world. Whether used as a reference, research tool, or broad-based introduction to the field, the offers everything you need to get started. (The previous edition of this title was published as , 9780750306461.) is professor (emeritus) at the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, UK. , is chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics and an adjunct full professor in the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic at the University of California, Irvine.