HIGH INTENSITY LASER PROPAGATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
Abstract
Atmospheric heating by laser pulses in transmission windows has been investigated. Arguments are given for reducing previously given estimates for the absorption in the neighborhood of 10,468 A by nearly one order of magnitude. A study has been initiated of an additional heating mechanism not previously considered, namely collision-induced conversion of laser energy into energy of translational molecular motion. A discussion is given of a classical model and of extensions to a quantum mechanical description. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 27, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0634316
Entities
People
- Lee M. Frantz
- Saul Altshuler
- Theordore D. Holstein