Nuclear-Pumped Lasers

• Main Author: Prelas, Mark (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Nuclear energy.; Nuclear physics.; Nuclear engineering.; Nuclear Engineering.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Nuclear Energy.

This book focuses on Nuclear-Pumped Laser (NPL) technology and provides the reader with a fundamental understanding of NPLs, a review of research in the field, and exploration of large scale NPL system design and applications. Early chapters look at the fundamental properties of lasers, nuclear-pump...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction to Nuclear-Pumped Lasers
• 2 Radiation Interaction With Matter
• 3 Direct Energy Conversion Principles as Applied to Lasers
• 4 Nuclear-Pumped Lasers
• 5 Reactor and Laser Coupling
• 6 Applications
• Appendix 1: Neutron Cross Sections from Neutron Resonance Parameters and Thermal Cross Sections
• Appendix 2: Plasma Basics
• Appendix 3: Maxwell Boltzmann Distribution Function
• Appendix 4: Thermal Neutron Cross Sections for Some Elements and Compounds (from Reactor Physics Constants ANL 5800 1963 for 2200 m/s Neutron Speed.