| Lasers and Synergetics: A Colloquium on Coherence and Self-Organization in Nature Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Graham, Robert (Editor), Wunderlin, Arne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642727603 ISBN-13: 9783642727603 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational - Technology & Engineering | Lasers & Photonics - Science | Physics - Optics & Light |
| Dewey: 530.1 |
| Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.00 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |