Military laser technology for defense : technology for revolutionizing 21st century warfare /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: McAulay, Alastair D.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, 2011.
• Θέματα: Lasers > Military applications.; Laser weapons.; Engineering.; Military Science.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Lasers & Photonics.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.; Lasers / Military applications.; Electronic books.

"Lasers in War will provide the basic konwledge to create, design, and implement laser systems for the battlefield, including only unclassified or declassified information. The first three parts of the book provide background material: optics and lasers for war; propagation of laser light in th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Frontmatter
• Optics Technology for Defense Systems. Optical Rays
• Gaussian Beams and Polarization
• Optical Diffraction
• Diffractive Optical Elements
• Propagation and Compensation for Atmospheric Turbulence
• Optical Interferometers and Oscillators
• Laser Technology for Defense Systems. Principles for Bound Electron State Lasers
• Power Lasers
• Pulsed High Peak Power Lasers
• Ultrahigh-Power Cyclotron Masers/Lasers
• Free-Electron Laser/Maser
• Applications to Protect against Military Threats. Laser Protection from Missiles
• Laser to Address Threat of New Nuclear Weapons
• Protecting Assets from Directed Energy Lasers
• Lidar Protects from Chemical/Biological Weapons
• 94 GHz Radar Detects/Tracks/Identifies Objects in Bad Weather
• Protecting from Terrorists with W-Band
• Bibliography
• Index.