Below I prepared a list of some books about the subjects discussed in the "Laser Adventure" Web site.
The list is arranged according to subjects.
Please let me know of other books that you find suitable for this list.
Basic Laser Books:
Title: "The laser guidebook" / Jeff Hecht.
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1986.
Description: x, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Title: "Optics and lasers : including fibers and optical waveguides" / Matt Young.
Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1992.
Description: 4th rev. ed. xv, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Title: "Principles of lasers" / Orazio Svelto ; and edited by David C. Hanna.
Publisher: New York : Plenum, 1989.
Description: 3rd ed. xiii, 494 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Title: "Understanding lasers : an entry-level guide" / Jeff Hecht.
Publisher: New York : IEEE Press, 1994.
Description: 2nd ed. xx, 422 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series: IEEE Press understanding science & technology series
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Title: "Engineering applications of lasers and holography" / Winston E. Kock.
Publisher: New York : Plenum Press, 1975.
Description: xv, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series: Optical physics and engineering
Notes: Edition for 1969 published under title: Lasers and holography.
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Title: "Fundamentals of laser optics" / Kenichi Iga ; technical editor, Richard B. Miles.
Publisher: New York : Plenum Press, 1994.
Description: xv, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series: Lasers, photonics, and electro-optics
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Title: "Introduction to laser physics" / Koichi Shimoda ;
Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1986.
Description: 2nd ed. xi, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series: Springer series in optical sciences ; v. 44
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Title: "An introduction to lasers and masers" <by> A. E. Siegman.
Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill 1971.
Description: xiii, 520 p. illus. 24 cm.
Series: McGraw-Hill series in the fundamentals of electronic science
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Title: "Introduction to lasers and their applications"
/ Donald C. O'Shea, W. Russell Callen, and William T. Rhodes.
Publisher: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1977.Description: xii, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series: Addison-Wesley series in physics
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Title: "Introduction to optical electronics". Yariv, Amnon.
Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1971.
Description: x, 342 p. illus. 25 cm.
Series: HRW series in electrical engineering, electronics, and systems
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Title: "Laser handbook". Ed. by F. T. Arecchi and E. O. Schulz-Dubois.
Publisher: Amsterdam, North-Holland Pub. Co.; New York, American Elsevier Pub. Co., 1972.
Description: v. illus. 25 cm.
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Title: "Introduction to optics and lasers in engineering" / Gabriel Laufer.
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Description: xvii, 476 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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Title: [Scientific American.] "Lasers and light"; readings from Scientific American.
Publisher: San Francisco, W. H. Freeman 1969.
Description: vi, 376 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm.
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Title: "Lasers and optical engineering" / P. Das.
Publisher: New York : Springer-Verlag, 1991.
Description: xxii, 470 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Special Laser Types:
Title: "Crystalline lasers: physical processes and operating schemes"
/ Alexander A. Kaminskii.
Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1996.Description: xviii, 561 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series: CRC Press laser and optical science and technology series
Medical Applications of Lasers:
Title: "Laser ablation : principles and applications" / John C. Miller, ed.
Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Springer Verlag, 1994.
Description: 187 pp ; 25 cm.
Series: Springer series in materials science ; 28
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Title: "Lasers : the perioperative challenge" / Kay A. Ball.
Publisher: St. Louis : Mosby, 1995.
Description: 2nd ed. xiii, 434 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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Title: "Ophthalmic lasers"
/ Francis A. L'Esperance, Jr. ; tone drawings by Virginia Cantarella.
Publisher: St. Louis : Mosby, 1989- Description: 3rd ed. 29 cm.===================================================================
Title: "Laser applications in medicine and biology". Edited by M. L. Wolbarsht.
Publisher: New York, Plenum Press, 1971-
Description: v. 24 cm.
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Title: "Primer on laser angioplasty" / editor, Robert Ginsburg.
Publisher: Mount Kisco, N.Y. : Futura Pub. Co., 1989.
Description: 303 pp; 24 cm.
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Advanced Level Laser Books:
Title: "Laser electronics" / Joseph T. Verdeyen.
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1995.
Description: 3rd ed. 778, 12 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series: Prentice Hall series in solid state physical electronics
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Title: "Lasers, theory and applications" / K. Thyagarajan and A.K. Ghatak.
Publisher: New York : Plenum Press, 1981.
Description: xii, 431 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series: Optical physics and engineering Bibliography: p. 425-428.
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Title: "Optical electronics" / Amnon Yariv.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Saunders College Publishing, 1991.
Description: 4th ed. xiii, 713 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series: Holt, Rinehart and Winston series in electrical engineering
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Laser Applications in Industry:
Title: "Laser machining : theory and practice" / George Chryssolouris.
Publisher: New York : Springer-Verlag, 1991.
Description: xviii, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Series: Mechanical engineering series
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Title: "Lasers in manufacturing : an introduction to the technology" / J.T. Luxon, D.E. Parker
Publisher: Bedford : IFS ; Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1987.
Description: 142 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. <143>-<144>) and index.
General Books on Lasers:
Title: "The laser in America, 1950-1970" / Joan Lisa Bromberg.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1991.
Description: xiv, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Title: "Laser speckle and related phenomena" / edited by J.C. Dainty.
Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1984.
Description: 2nd enl. ed. 342 pp. ; 24 cm.
Series: Topics in applied physics ; v. 9
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Title: "Laser-beam interactions with materials : physical principles and applications" / Martin von Allmen.
Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1987.
Description: 232 pp ; 24 cm.
Series: Springer series in materials science ; v. 2
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Title: "Lasers in acoustics" / F.V. Bunkin, Al. A. Kolomensky, V.G. Mikhalevich.
Publisher: Chur ; New York : Harwood Academic Publishers, 1991.
Description: xvii, 177 pp ; 23 cm.
Series: Laser science and technology, v. 12
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Title: "Optical waves in crystals : propagation and control of laser radiation"
/ Amnon Yariv,
Publisher: New York : Wiley, 1984.Description: xi, 589 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series: Wiley series in pure and applied optics,
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Title: "Laser communications in space" / Stephen G. Lambert and William L. Casey.
Publisher: Boston : Artech House, 1995.
Description: xix, 390 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Title: "Introduction to laser fusion" / C. Yamanaka.
Publisher: Chur ; New York : Harwood Academic Publishers, 1991.
Description: xii, 115 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series: Laser science and technology, v. 10
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Title: "Laser beam propagation in the atmosphere" / edited by J. W. Strohbehn ;
Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1978.
Description: 325 pp; 24 cm. Series: Topics in applied physics ; v. 25
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Title: "Laser acceleration of particles" : (Los Almos, 1982) / edited by Paul J. Channell.
Publisher: New York : American Institute of Physics, 1982.
Description: 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Series: AIP conference proceedings ; no. 91
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Title: "Laser light scattering : basic principles and practice" / Benjamin Chu.
Publisher: Boston : Academic Press, 1991.
Description: 2nd ed. ix, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Title: "Laser speckle and related phenomena" / edited by J. C. Dainty;
Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1975.
Description: 286 pp ; 24 cm. Series: Topics in applied physics ; v. 9
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Title: "Lasers in chemistry" / David L. Andrews.
Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1990.
Description: 2nd ed. xii, 188 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Title: "Laser applications in physical chemistry" / edited by D.K. Evans.
Publisher: New York : M. Dekker, 1989.
Description: x, 428 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series: Optical engineering ; v. 20
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Title: "Optical and laser remote sensing" / editors, D.K. Killinger and A. Mooradian.
Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1983.
Description: x, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series: Springer series in optical sciences ; v. 39
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Title: "Masers and lasers : an historical approach" / M. Bertolotti.
Publisher: Bristol : A. Hilger, 1983.
Description: xii, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Experiments Using Lasers:
Title: "Exploring laser light : laboratory exercises and lecture demonstrations performed with low-power helium-neon gas lasers" / by T. Kallard.
Publisher: New York : Optosonic Press, 1977.
Description: x, 298 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Notes: Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. 272-284.
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Title: "Elementary experiments with lasers" /by G. Wright.
Publisher: London, Wykeham Publications; New York, Springer-Verlag, 1973.
Description: vii, 130 p. illus. 22 cm.
Series: The Wykeham Science series, 18
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Title: "The laser : a module on modern optics and quantum mechanics – Experiments".
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1975
Description: 60 p. : ill.
Series: Physics of Technology ; <v.14>
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Title: Laser experiments for beginners / Richard N. Zare … [et al.].
Publisher: Sausalito, Calif. : University Science Books, 1995.
Description: xvi, 232 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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Laser Safety:
Title: "Laser and eye safety in the laboratory" / Larryl Matthews, Gabe Garcia.
Publisher: IEEE Press ; Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1995.
Description: xi, 156 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Title: "Safety with lasers and other optical sources : a comprehensive handbook"
/ David Sliney and Myron Wolbarsht.
Publisher: New York : Plenum Press, 1980.Description: xxviii, 1035 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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