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.

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 lase...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Traditional approaches for molecular lasers realization
• Self-sustained discharge lasers (dynamic profiling by slow electrons)
• Self-initiated discharge lasers (HF/DF based on SF6-methain mixture)
• Different technical approaches
• Applications.