High power lasers in our life

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Apollonov, Victor V. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hauppauge, New York, USA : Nova Science Publishers, Inc [2016]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Lasers and electro-optics research and technology.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37338900*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; A Talented Person Is Talented in Everything; High Power/Energy High Repetition Rate Wide-Aperture Repetitively Pulsed Lasers; Introduction; Substantiation of Resonator Design; Theoretical Laser Model and Results of Numerical and Experimental Investigations; Conclusion; References; Electrical Discharge Pulse-Periodic Lasers; Self-Sustained Volume Discharge Formation in CO2 Lasers; Introduction; Physical Model of SSVD Formation; Experiments; High Power/Energy Wide Aperture HF/DF Lasers; Introduction; Experiments; Discussion.
  • High-Power Self-Controlled-Volume-Discharge Based Molecular LasersConclusion; References; New Approach to Disk Lasers; Introduction; Disk and Fiber Lasers; Design and Physical Principles of Disk Laser Operation; Laws for Scaling of Disk Lasers; Regenerative Amplification of Pulses; Prospects for Scaling the Power of Disk Lasers; Conclusion; References; High-Power/Energy Mono-Module Disk Laser Technology; Description of the Problem; Proposed Solution; High Expert Estimates of the New Lasing Regime Have Been Given by the Following Specialists; Expected Results.
  • Additional Expected Results within the Framework of the ProjectDesign and Development of High-Power/Energy, Repetitively Pulsed Mono-Module disk Lasers; Fabrication of Active Elements of Super-High-Power/Energy Laser Systems from Single Crystals; and Ceramic Materials Based on Ytterbium-Doped Calcium Fluoride; Preparation of Single Crystals of Calcium Fluoride; Stage No. 1.; Stage No. 2.; Fluoride Ceramics for Active Elements of Lasers; First Stage; Second Stage; Description of a High Power/Energy Laser; Idea of the Project; Plans and Reality.
  • Diode-Pumped Alkali lasers Are the Future for the Laser WeaponDiode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers; New Approach to Development of a High-Power/Energy Laser; References; New Applications of High-Repetition-Rate Pulse-Periodic Lasers in the Arctic; Introduction; Water and Its States; Laser-Assisted Ice Breaking; Data Analysis and Comparison with the Experiment; Conclusion; References; High Power/Energy High Repetition Rate Lasers for Space Cleaning; High Repetition Rate P-P Mode of Lasers Operation; New Application for High Repetition Rate P-P Lasers; Conclusion; References.
  • Laser Technology and Weapons1. Introduction; 2. Ten Myths; 2.1. Myth 1. "Combat Lasers Have Been Developed for Four Decades with No Progress in Sight"; 2.2. Myth 2. "Lasers Cannot Be Used for a Long Time, Usually They Work Several Seconds"; 2.3. Myth 3. "Energy of Laser Weapons Is Negligible Compared to the Fire Arms"; 2.4. Myth 4. "Efficiency of Lasers Is a Few Percent"; 2.5. Myth 5. "The Laser Beam Has a Huge Diffraction Divergence"; 2.6. Myth 6. "One Can Easily Be Protected from Laser Weapons Using, for Example, an Aluminum Mirror""