Лазеры. Действительность и надежды

The role of lasers in the modern world, the achievements of laser technology and the hopes associated with its development are popularly described. Various applications of lasers are considered; for processing materials, in medicine, location, measuring technology, communication systems, for processing and storing information, in control systems, for isotope separation, solving the problem of controlled thermonuclear fusion. In addition, the basics of the physics of laser operation and control of laser radiation, new directions of modern optics (holography, nonlinear optics, fiber optics, adaptive optics) are outlined; Historical information is provided and numerous examples of domestic lasers and laser installations are given.

For schoolchildren, teachers, students, lecturers.