Ebook: Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena: Volume 3A

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Futurology of High Intensity Lasers....Pages 3-10
Electron Beam Controlled CO2 Lasers at Los Alamos....Pages 11-37
High Power U.V. — Preionized CO2 Lasers....Pages 39-62
Review of CW High-Power Laser Technology....Pages 63-83
On the Feasibility of Nuclear Pumping of Gas Lasers....Pages 85-107
Comparison of Direct and Discharge Pumping in CO2 Lasers....Pages 109-113
High Power Chemical Lasers: Problems and Perspectives....Pages 115-131
The Iodine Laser, a High Power Gas Laser....Pages 133-147
Damage Constraints in the Design of High Energy Lasers for Fusion Applications....Pages 149-169
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Laser Absorption Waves in the Atmosphere....Pages 177-189
Interaction of High Power Pulsed CO2 Lasers with Solid Targets....Pages 191-212
Measurements of Spontaneous Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas....Pages 213-235
Theory of Magnetically Induced Rotation and a Dynamo Effect in Laser Plasmas....Pages 237-250
Microwave Studies of Magnetically Induced Counterstreaming Interactions in Laser-Produced Plasma....Pages 251-262
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Laser-Induced Instabilities and Anomalous Absorption in Dense Plasmas....Pages 267-289
Physical Mechanisms for Laser-Plasma Parametric Instabilities....Pages 291-313
Striated Jets and Anomalous Absorption Due to Nonlinear Ponderomotive Forces in Laser Produced Plasmas....Pages 315-340
Nonlinear Behavior of Light-Driven Plasma Instabilities....Pages 341-357
Laser-Induced Coherent Decay of Photons for Plasma Heating....Pages 359-380
Symmetry of Laser-Driven Implosions....Pages 381-391
Back Matter....Pages xvii-lxiii

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Futurology of High Intensity Lasers....Pages 3-10
Electron Beam Controlled CO2 Lasers at Los Alamos....Pages 11-37
High Power U.V. — Preionized CO2 Lasers....Pages 39-62
Review of CW High-Power Laser Technology....Pages 63-83
On the Feasibility of Nuclear Pumping of Gas Lasers....Pages 85-107
Comparison of Direct and Discharge Pumping in CO2 Lasers....Pages 109-113
High Power Chemical Lasers: Problems and Perspectives....Pages 115-131
The Iodine Laser, a High Power Gas Laser....Pages 133-147
Damage Constraints in the Design of High Energy Lasers for Fusion Applications....Pages 149-169
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Laser Absorption Waves in the Atmosphere....Pages 177-189
Interaction of High Power Pulsed CO2 Lasers with Solid Targets....Pages 191-212
Measurements of Spontaneous Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas....Pages 213-235
Theory of Magnetically Induced Rotation and a Dynamo Effect in Laser Plasmas....Pages 237-250
Microwave Studies of Magnetically Induced Counterstreaming Interactions in Laser-Produced Plasma....Pages 251-262
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Laser-Induced Instabilities and Anomalous Absorption in Dense Plasmas....Pages 267-289
Physical Mechanisms for Laser-Plasma Parametric Instabilities....Pages 291-313
Striated Jets and Anomalous Absorption Due to Nonlinear Ponderomotive Forces in Laser Produced Plasmas....Pages 315-340
Nonlinear Behavior of Light-Driven Plasma Instabilities....Pages 341-357
Laser-Induced Coherent Decay of Photons for Plasma Heating....Pages 359-380
Symmetry of Laser-Driven Implosions....Pages 381-391
Back Matter....Pages xvii-lxiii
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