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.

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 micro...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Directed Energy Weapons
• All About Wave Equations
• Laser Beam Energy as Weapon
• High Power Microwave Energy as Weapon
• Particle Beam Energy as Weapon
• Scalar Wave Energy as Weapon
• Millimeter Wave Energy as Weapon.