High-Energy Molecular Lasers Self-Controlled Volume-Discharge Lasers and Applications /

• Main Author: Apollonov, V. V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 201
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Atoms.; Matter.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.
• Physical Description: XXXIV, 440 p. 238 illus., 14 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319333595
• ISSN: 0342-4111 ;

This book displays the physics and design of high-power molecular lasers. The lasers described are self-controlled volume-discharge lasers. The book explains self-sustained discharge lasers, self-initiated discharge lasers and technical approaches to laser design. Important topics discussed are laser efficiency, laser beam quality and electric field homogeneity. The book contains many new innovative applications.