Lasers and Their Applications / Lazery I Ikh Primenenie / Лазеры И Их Применение

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Basov, N. G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1976, 1976
Edition:1st ed. 1976
Series:The Lebedev Physics Institute Series, Proceedings (Trudy) of the P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • ?. Experimental Investigation of Amplification due to Stimulated Raman Scattering
  • §1. Dynamics of Amplification and Saturation Effect
  • §2. Influence of Pump Radiation Spectrum on Amplification due to Stimulated Scattering
  • §3. Competition between Different Types of Stimulated Scattering
  • §4. Formation of Light Pulses with the Aid of Stimulated Scattering
  • Literature Cited
  • Theoretical Investigation of the Kinetics of Chemical Lasers
  • §1. Characteristics of the Kinetics of Pulse Chemical Lasers
  • §2. Kinetic Models of H2 + F2 and D2 + F2 + CO2 Systems and Calculation Methods
  • §3. H2 + F2 System
  • §4. D2 + F2 + CO2 System
  • Conclusions
  • Literature Cited
  • Plasma Heating and Neutron Generation Resulting from Spherical Irradiation of a Target with High-Power Laser Radiation
  • I. Desired Parameters of Laser Systems
  • §1. Radiation Contrast
  • §2. Divergence of Radiation
  • §3. Efficiency of Laser Systems
  • §4. Investigation of the Neutron Yield of Plasma
  • §5. Reflection of Laser Radiation from Dense Plasma
  • §6. Gasdynamic Pressure of “Corona” and Cumulative Compression of Plasma Core
  • Literature Cited
  • Investigation of the Parameters and Dynamics of a Plasma Obtained by Sharp Focusing of Laser Radiation on Solid Targets
  • §1. Introduction
  • §2. Characteristic Parameters of Laser Jets
  • §3. Temperature Measurements.
  • §4. Gasdynamic Motion of Laser Plasmas...
  • §5. Distribution of Electron Density in Laser Plasmas
  • §6. Ionization State of Multiply Charged Laser Plasmas
  • §7. Laser Plasma as a Source of Multiply Charged Ions..
  • Conclusions.
  • Literature Cited
  • II. Experimental Investigations of Discharges in Lithium Plasmas.
  • §1. Energy Balance in Discharges
  • §2. Dynamics and Stability of Discharges
  • §3. Measurements of Radiation Fluxes and Spectra
  • §4. Investigations of Large-Scale Structure of Discharges
  • §5. Investigations of Small-Scale Structure of Discharges
  • §6. Discussion of Results and Comparison with Theory
  • Literature Cited
  • Generation and Amplification of Light by Stimulated Scattering
  • I. Dynamics of Raman Lasers
  • §1. Theoretical Analysis of the Dynamics of Emission from a Raman Laser
  • §2. Experimental Investigations of Raman Laser Dynamics
  • §3. Conditions for Attaining Maximum Quantum Efficiency and Minimum Divergence of Raman Laser Output
  • II. Fundamentals of the Theory of Amplifiers Based on Stimulated Scattering
  • §1. Equations Describing Amplification
  • §2..ParallelAmplification
  • §3. Opposed Amplification.
  • II. Master Laser and System of Preliminary Amplifying Stages
  • §1. General Description of Apparatus
  • §2. Master Laser
  • §3. Investigation of Spatial-Temporal Coherence of Laser Radiation
  • §4, Width of Emission Line
  • §5. Amplifying Properties of Preliminary Stages and Parameters of Radiation Leaving These Stages
  • III. High-Power Amplifying Stage with Series-Parallel Configuration
  • §1. Amplifying Stage Configuration
  • §2. System for Dividing High-Power Beams
  • §3. Contrast of Radiation Emerging from High-Power Amplifier
  • §4. Parameters of Radiation at the Exit from High-Power Amplifier
  • §5. System for Focusing Radiation on a Target
  • IV. Investigation of the Parameters of a Plasma Formed as a Result of Spherical Irradiation of an Isolated Solid Target
  • §1. Vacuum Chamber. DiagnosticApparatus •
  • §2. Investigation of the Efficiency of Energy Supply to a Heated Target
  • §3. Investigation of X-Ray Emission.
  • Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of the Dynamics of High—Power Radiation—Emitting Electric Discharges in Gases
  • §1. Methods for Initiating Discharges with Large Radiating Surfaces
  • §2. Optical, Gasdynamic, and Energy Characteristics of High-Power Electric Discharges
  • §3. Self-similar Theory of a Discharge in an Unbounded Medium
  • §4. Allowance for the Discharge Circuit Equation in Self-similar Description of a Discharge. Comparison with the Experimental Results
  • §5. Numerical Calculations of Characteristics of High-Current Discharges in Air 2
  • §6. Stability of High-Current Discharges in Gases
  • Literature Cited
  • Radiation, Dynamics, and Stability of a High-Current Lithium Discharge Plasma
  • I. Theoretical Investigations of High-Current Discharges in Bounded Plasmas
  • §1. Steady-State Conditions
  • §2. Discharge Stability
  • §3. Numerical Calculations of Discharge Dynamics in a Lithium Plasma