Directed-Energy Beam Weapons

• Main Author: Zohuri, Bahman (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Energy systems.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Politics and war.; Crystallography.; Energy Systems.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Military and Defence Studies.; Crystallography and Scattering Methods.
• Physical Description: XXII, 429 p. 225 illus., 134 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030207946
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-20794-6

This book introduces modern directed-energy beam weaponry and emerging technical concepts based on unclassified and declassified information. The book covers laser systems, analyzing the interaction between high-power laser beams and matter, and examines penetration of high power beams such as microwave and scalar wave. It also covers the use of particle and high-power radar beams and scalar wave as weapons of the future. In-depth coverage of the relevant mathematical and engineering topics and concepts are included. The book will provide scientists and engineers with valuable guidance on the fundamentals needed to understand state-of-the-art directed energy weaponry technology research and applications. Provides guidance on the fundamentals of state-of-the-art directed-energy weaponry technology; Introduces the physics behind directed-energy weapons; Offers in-depth coverage of mathematical and engineering topics.