Light Distribution Near the Line Focus in A HSURIA Laser Resonator

Abstract

The intensity distribution about the line focus inside a HSURIA resonator is obtained theoretically and used to study the gas break-down problem for high-energy lasers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 24, 1979
Accession Number
ADA079891

Entities

People

  • William H. Carter

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Deuterium Fluoride Lasers
  • Diffraction
  • Energy
  • Energy Systems
  • Equations
  • Gas Breakdown
  • High Energy
  • High Energy Lasers
  • Intensity
  • Laser Components
  • Laser Mediums
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Resonators
  • Traveling Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers