1. Preface

   • GN Rao

   EditorialNotes Pages: xiii - xvi

2. Wave-particle duality for single photons

   • Alain Aspect
   • Philippe Grangier

   Quantum Optics Pages: 1 - 17

3. Non-classical properties of quantum amplifiers

   • Stig Stenholm

   Quantum Optics Pages: 19 - 32

4. Quantum optics with very intense lasers

   • J. H. Eberly

   Quantum Optics Pages: 33 - 47

5. Coherent excitation of multilevel systems by laser radiation

   • A. A. Makarov

   Quantum Optics Pages: 49 - 70

6. Photon, quantum and collective, effects from rydberg atoms in cavities

   • R. K. Bullough

   Quantum Optics Pages: 71 - 108

7. Generation of non classical states of light by phase conjugation and parametric conversion

   • E. Giacobino
   • C. Fabre
   • M. Pinard

   Quantum Optics Pages: 109 - 124

8. Competition between four-wave mixing and amplified spontaneous emission

   • Michelle S. Malcuit
   • Daniel J. Gauthier
   • Robert W. Boyd

   Quantum Optics Pages: 125 - 139

9. Optical phase conjugation in nonresonant and saturable absorptive/resonant systems

   • Putcha Venkateswarlu
   • H. Jagannath
   • M. C. George

   Quantum Optics Pages: 141 - 161

10. Ultrashort pulse generation and measurement techniques

    • Erich P. Ippen

    Laser Pages: 163 - 184

11. An introduction to laser spectroscopy: Two cw-laser experiments

    • Charles H. Holbrow
    • Bernard Couillaud

    Laser Pages: 185 - 208

12. Construction and operation of high power gas lasers

    • W. J. Witteman
    • G. J. Ernst
    • P. J. M. Peters

    Laser Pages: 209 - 224

13. Semiconductor lasers

    • P. G. Eliseev

    Laser Pages: 225 - 242

14. Mid-infrared optically pumped molecular lasers

    • P. K. Gupta
    • S. C. Mehendale

    Laser Pages: 243 - 273

15. X-ray preionised excimer laser and its applications

    • Lou Qihong

    Laser Pages: 275 - 290

16. Fiber Raman laser pumped by a Nd:YAG laser

    • J. D. Kafka
    • T. Baer

    Laser Pages: 291 - 294

17. Summing-up of laser physics, laser technology, and industrial and scientific applications

    • W. J. Witteman

    Laser Pages: 295 - 296

18. Optical fiber telecommunications

    • Tatsuya Kimura

    Laser Applications Pages: 297 - 310

19. Coherent optical fiber transmission

    • Tatsuya Kimura

    Laser Applications Pages: 311 - 323

20. Recent trends in optical data processing

    • P. C. Mehta

    Laser Applications Pages: 325 - 345

21. Resonance ionization mass spectroscopy for nuclear research and trace analysis

    • H. -J. Kluge

    Laser Applications Pages: 347 - 364

22. Light scattering from colloids

    • A. K. Sood

    Laser Applications Pages: 365 - 384

23. Cutting copper sheets using CO₂ lasers

    • G. Daurelio

    Laser Applications Pages: 385 - 414

24. Industrial applications of excimer lasers

    • Manfred Witt

    Laser Applications Pages: 415 - 421

25. Laser technology in industry

    • V. A. Katulin

    Laser Applications Pages: 423 - 432