MORE POWERFUL THAN THE HYPERBOLOID
Abstract
Many pre-World War II Soviet publications carried articles on the so- called "death rays." More often than not, these articles, based largely on non-Soviet data, were pure science fiction. The few serious articles referred to deadly weapons using heat rays. The concept of weaponry changed drastically with the advent of lasers, which emit stimulated rather than thermal radiation. Mention is made of the use of lasers in multichannel communication systems, ranging of planetary surfaces, metallurgy, plasma diagnostics, biology, medicine, etc. The article also reviews Soviet contributions to the development of the laser.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 06, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0677221
Entities
People
- O. Andreev
Organizations
- National Air and Space Intelligence Center