A Beginner's Guide to Lasers and Their Applications, Part 2: The Laser's Impact on Science and Humanity
暫譯: 激光及其應用入門指南，第二部分：激光對科學與人類的影響
Biswas, Dhruba J.
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商品描述
This two-volume book provides an enriching insight into the laser, covering different types of lasers, the basic science behind the technology, their role at the cutting-edge of current scientific research, and their applications in medicine, industry, and the arts. With just high school physics as a prerequisite and favoring qualitative yet scientifically sound explanations over high-level mathematics, this book is aimed at a broad spectrum of readers in physics, chemistry, engineering, medicine, and biology. Its engaging and lucid presentation is enhanced with plenty of illustrations, making the world of the laser accessible to undergraduate students in the sciences and any other inquisitive readers with high school physics under their belts. It is ideal for self-study or as a complement to courses on optics and optoelectronics.
This volume, Part 2 of 2, begins with a brief review of laser science and depicts the many advances in science enabled by the laser, includingspectroscopy, optical cooling and trapping, and optical tweezers, among many others, and provides a glimpse into the ways that the laser affects our daily lives via its uses in medicine, manufacturing, the nuclear industry, energy, communication, art conservation, fashion, beauty, and entertainment.
It is preceded by Part 1 which explains the fundamentals of optics, what a laser is, how it works, and what is unique about the light it emits, from fundamental quantum theory through population inversion to common laser types.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本兩卷本的書籍提供了對雷射的深入見解，涵蓋不同類型的雷射、該技術背後的基本科學、它們在當前科學研究前沿的角色，以及在醫學、工業和藝術中的應用。這本書的前提條件僅需具備高中物理，並偏向於質性且科學上合理的解釋，而非高階數學，旨在吸引物理、化學、工程、醫學和生物學等領域的廣泛讀者。其引人入勝且清晰的呈現方式配合大量插圖，使雷射的世界對於具備高中物理基礎的本科生及其他好奇的讀者變得易於理解。這本書非常適合自學或作為光學和光電學課程的補充教材。
本卷為第二卷，首先簡要回顧雷射科學，並描繪雷射所促成的許多科學進展，包括光譜學、光學冷卻與捕捉、光學鑷子等，並提供一瞥雷射如何通過其在醫學、製造、核能產業、能源、通信、藝術保護、時尚、美容和娛樂等領域的應用影響我們日常生活的方式。
本卷之前是第一卷，該卷解釋了光學的基本原理、雷射是什麼、它是如何運作的，以及它所發出的光的獨特之處，從基本的量子理論到能級反轉，再到常見的雷射類型。
作者簡介
Dhruba Biswas joined the laser program of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, in 1979 after obtaining his M.Sc. (Physics) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He later obtained his Ph.D. from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, in 1986, under the supervision of his mentor Prof. Robert G. Harrison. His research work over the years has encompassed physics and technology of lasers, optical chaos, laser isotope separation, non-linear optics, laser assisted surface cleaning & modification. He has to date over a hundred peer reviewed research publications. While his work is commendable with respect to the new results that are of considerable academic value, it assumes greater significance as it involves technological innovations particularly appropriate from the point of view of a developing nation. He has been a recipient of a number of national and international awards, including the Indian National Science Academy Young Scientist Award in Physics, Indian National Science Academy A. K. Bose Memorial Award in Physical Sciences, N. S. Satyamurty Memorial Award of Indian Physics Association, Homi Bhabha Science & Technology Award of the Department of Atomic Energy, and Senior Associateship of the International Centre of Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. He has presented numerous invited talks in national and international symposiums, and seminars, both technical and popular, in India, USA, and many countries across Europe. He has taught 'Laser Physics & Technology' course to both Physics trainees as well as all branches of engineering trainees of the BARC Training School for years nearly two decades.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Dhruba Biswas 於1979年加入印度孟買的巴巴原子研究中心（Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, BARC）激光計畫，並在印度理工學院卡拉格普爾分校（Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur）獲得物理學碩士學位後，於1986年在英國愛丁堡的赫瑞瓦特大學（Heriot Watt University）獲得博士學位，指導教授為羅伯特·G·哈里森（Prof. Robert G. Harrison）。他多年的研究工作涵蓋了激光的物理與技術、光學混沌、激光同位素分離、非線性光學、激光輔助表面清潔與改性等領域。至今，他已發表超過一百篇經過同行評審的研究論文。儘管他的研究成果在學術上具有相當的價值，但其重要性更在於涉及的技術創新，特別是對於發展中國家而言尤為適用。他曾獲得多項國內外獎項，包括印度國家科學院物理學青年科學家獎、印度國家科學院A. K. Bose紀念獎（物理科學）、印度物理學會N. S. Satyamurty紀念獎、印度原子能部門的霍米·巴巴科學與技術獎，以及意大利的國際理論物理中心的高級研究員資格。他在印度、美國及歐洲多國的國內外研討會和技術及普及性講座中發表了多場受邀演講。他在巴巴原子研究中心培訓學校教授「激光物理與技術」課程，已近二十年，對物理學學員及所有工程學科的學員進行教學。
