100+ hands-on laser projects. If you're fascinated by the boundless potential of laser beams, grab a copy of Gordon McComb's Lasers, Ray Guns, and Light Cannons. He takes you step-by-step through 100 build-your-own laser projects--from ray guns and laser light shows to night scopes and laser pointers. You get hands-on help with projects for laser communications...computer-controlled lasers...laser power supplies...fiberoptics...and more. Armed with plain-language instructions and a complete, up-to-date list of discount laser-parts suppliers, you'll find it easier than you ever imagined to build your own: Laser pistols; Laser cannon and gatling gun; Ultra-private communicator; Laser-based eavesdropping device; Laser tachometer; Perimeter burglar alarm; Hologram generator; Low-noise amplifier; Laser-illuminated night scope; Much, much more.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 185 mm
Dicke: 28 mm
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978-0-07-045035-6 (9780070450356)
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Gordon McComb is an avid electronics hobbyist and is the author of 50 books and over thousand magazine articles. He wrote the best-selling Robot Builder's Bonanza the most popular book on amateur robotics, as well as Robot Builder's Sourcebook, Gordon McComb's Gadgeteer's Goldmine, and Laser Cookbook.
An introduction to lasers; working with lasers; introduction to optics; experimenting with light and optics; all about helium-neon lasers; build a He-Ne laser experimenter's systems; constructing an optical bench; laser optics experiments; build a Michelson interferometer; introduction to semiconductor lasers; laser power supplies; build an experimenter's power supply; advanced projects in laser communication; lasers and fiberoptics; experiments in laser seismology; beginning holography; advanced holography; basic laser light shows; advanced laser light shows; computer control of lasers and laser beams; experiments with laser weapons systems; advanced laser ray gun designs; laser projects potpourri; tools for laser experimentation; buying laser parts; appendices; sources; further reading; glossary.
