Foundations of Vacuum Science and Technology

J. M. LAFFERTY, PhD, is former manager of the Power Electronics Laboratory at the General Electric Research and Development Center in Schenectady, New York. He is the inventor of numerous patented devices, past president of the American Vacuum Society and the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a fellow of the AAAS, APS, and IEEE.