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Fifteen lectures delivered at the June 1995 session providing a tutorial style introduction to the basic principles of solid state, fibre, semiconductor and parametric sources of coherent radiation in laser applications. The material, suitable for post graduate researchers, encompasses both the physics and engineering aspects of the laser field. The presentations include instruction in the nature of nonlinear optical interactions, optical parametric oscillators, ultrashort pulse generation, atomic trapping, and soliton optical communications. The text is accompanied by illustrations and equations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.