Handbook of the Eurolaser Academy, 1998 Volume 1 Engineering Lasers and Their Applications Series, Vol. 2

The European Community regards training as a priority area and has therefore developed a series of programmes in the field of vocational training. This book is the result of a pilot project selected under two of these Community Action Programmes. It was initially selected under the COMETT programme, concerned with the development of continuing vocational training in the European Community. Moreover, it was one of the few selected projects to receive further funding under a second selection in the context of the LEONARDO DA VINCI Action Programme for the implementation of a European Community Vocational Training policy. It is with great pleasure that I present the outcome of this project which embodies one of the fundamental objectives of the LEONARDO DA VINCI Programme - training for new technologies in SMEs, which make a significant contribution to economic development in Europe.
- K DRAXLER, Director Directorate General XXII European Commission 

1 Basic Laser Mechanisms.- 2 Optics, Resonators and Beams.- 3 Carbon Dioxide Lasers.- 4 Solid State Lasers.- 5 Excimer Lasers.- 6 Semiconductor Lasers.- 7 Safety.- 8 Beam Manipulation.

This handbook provides a state of the art reference work which covers the major industrial lasers, systems, processes and applications in common use today. The text covers the curriculum of the Eurolaser Academy as presented by a team of leading experts in these fields.