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.