Light, laser and optics - Link collection

[Mads Barnkob]

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Forums
The largest online community evolving around lasers: http://www.laserpointerforums.com
Large laser and optics community: https://photonlexicon.com

Personal sites
Sam's laser FAQ, A Practical Guide to Lasers for Experimenters and Hobbyists: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm

[TCWilliamson]

https://photonlexicon.com

-- The smartest bunch on optics you'll find.

[shrad]

sam's laser faq for sure, with heaps of info on laser, high voltage, driving big loads with big transistors, pulse forming networks, etc... www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm

[dreamth]

 I just hope i'm not bothering...
Wikipedia is a very good point to start on this subject too, because every topic  provides links to other subjects in the area and  from very simple notions you can get to quite advanced concepts  in a very constructive manner .
Even better start with reading Samuel M. Goldwasser CV:
http://repairfaq.cis.upenn.edu/Misc/sambio.htm