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Lasers and Synergetics: A Colloquium on Coherence and Self-organization in Nature

By R. Graham (auth.) , Professor Dr. Robert Graham , Dr. Arne Wunderlin (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1987
ISBN
978-3-642-72760-3, 978-3-642-72758-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-72758-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (14056261 bytes)
Series
Springer Proceedings in Physics 19
Edition
1
Pages
272\276
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Laser TechnologyMathematical and Computational PhysicsPhotonics;Quantum Optics;Theoretical

Description

Lasers and Synergetics, written to honour Hermann Haken on his 60th birthday, is concerned with the two main areas of research to which Prof. Haken has made fundamental contributions. In fact, the two areas are interrelated since the development of the interdisciplinary science synergetics has been closely connected with the emergence of laser theory. Synergetics deals with complex systems that possess the fundamental property of spontaneous selforganization of their macroscopic behaviour. The book summarizes basic ideas, important concepts and principles used to describe selforganizing systems from a unified viewpoint. Special attention is paid to lasers, nonlinear optics and to coherence phenomena in other physical, biological and sociological systems. Some surveys of historical developments are presented, but most space is devoted to the publication of recent results and the description of current research work.

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