SOME INVESTIGATIONS WITH LASER BEAMS

I wish to express my gratitude to Professor Jonathan Mills for advice, motivation and encouragement for this work. His never ending series of innovative ideas kept my project running. Professor Steven Johnson provided all available support. Professor Edward Robertson inspired me by his warm attitude. Professor Steven Barlow helped me out of the difficult moments. All of them made valuable suggestions that improved the presentation of this thesis. Andrew Heininger did the initial research and development on the LLA Retina with Professor Mills and started the basic investigation on these devices [7]. Bob Montante never refused any request for help. Jason Almeter used to answer all my questions heartily. Shankar Swamy explained to me many tricks of the trade. Ratnakar Amaravadi was a friend in need. My daughter Asima and wife Archana shared most of the typing work for this thesis. Amitava Biswa