HIGH POWER PP LASERS (Lasers and Electro-optics Research and Technology)

The goal of the book is to present the high-power high-frequency pulse periodic laser systems, which in the nearest time will find a lot of applications in the field of ecology, machinery, space engineering, nuclear technologies and many others. A laser-plasma generator of multiply charged ions produces a large number of heavy ions in the regime of short periodic pulses, which is needed for ion accelerators operating in the pulse periodic regime. The source of this type is also promising for effective use in the field of heavy-ion fusion, brittle materials figure cutting, oil films elimination from the water surface and so on. This book has considered, in details, a new approach to the problem of a laser jet engine creation, which is based on the resonance merging of shock waves generated by an optical pulsating discharge, produced by such a laser. To obtain an optical pulsating discharge, the authors suggested the usage of high-power pulse-periodic laser radiation, which can be generated by wide aperture carbon dioxide, chemical and mono-module disk type solid-state laser systems. Future developments of the disk laser technology as the most effective and scalable to the level of many hundreds of kW as well are under consideration in the book. About the Author Victor V Apollonov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and Academy of Engineering Sciences, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor, General Director of Energomashtehnika Ltd., Head of the Department of High-Power Lasers at the A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1982 and 2002, he was awarded the State Prize of the USSR and Russia, respectively. Apollonov is a leading expert in the field of high-power laser systems and interaction of high-power laser radiation with matter. Being the author of over 1290 publications (15 books, 360 presentations and 147 patents, 728 articles, inf. from Research Gate). Apollonov is widely recognized by the scientific community. He is the organizer of international conferences. More than thirty his disciples have become candidates and doctors of physical and mathematical sciences under his supervision. Apollonov is a member of many international organizing committees of major conferences and symposia in the field of high-power lasers and their applications. In addition, he is a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. He has repeatedly acted as a keynote speaker in international scientific forums. He is the member of Presidium RANS.