Fundamentals of lasers--Properties of laser light--Practical lasers--Status of laser development: present and future--Care and maintenance of lasers--Laser safety--Laser components and accessories--Alignment and tooling--Principles used in measurement--Distance measurement and dimensional control--Environmental measurements--Laser instrumentation and measurement--Interaction of high-power laser radiation with materials--Laser applications in material processing--Applications of laser heating: welding and heat treating--Applications for material removal: drilling, cutting, electronic component fabrication, marking--Principles of holography--Applications of holography--Chemical applications--Integrated optics and fiber optics--Information-related applications of lasers