The Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology is an encyclopedia of laser technology and related areas such as optical fibers and ultrashort pulses, overall covering much of the area of photonics. It is available online as an open-access resource, but is also available as a two-volume book at Wiley-VCH (ISBN 978-3-527-40828-3).
Its author is Dr. Rüdiger Paschotta, founder of the consulting firm RP Photonics Consulting GmbH in Bad Dürrheim, Germany.
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