"This book summarizes a five year research project, as well as subsequent results regarding high power diode laser systems and their application in materials processing. The text explores the entire chain of technology, from the semiconductor technology, through cooling mounting and assembly, beam shaping and system technology, to applications in the processing of such materials as metals and polymers. Include ..."
"The three volumes VIII/1A, B, C document the state of the art of âLaser Physics and Applicationsâ. Scientific trends and related technological aspects are considered by compiling results and conclusions from phenomenology, observation and experiments. Reliable data, physical fundamentals and detailed references are presented.In the recent decades the laser source matured to an universal tool common to scientific research as well as ..."