Laser Self-Focusing in the Atmosphere and Its Effects on Propagation,

Abstract

Self focusing of a high power laser beam in the atmosphere and its relations with air breakdown, Stimulated Raman Scattering(SRS) and thermal blooming are reviewed. The effects on the propagation through the atmosphere and the requests on designing future large practical laser systems are analyzed and discussed preliminarily.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA309754

Entities

People

  • Le Shixiao
  • Xu Fangxiao

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Intelligence
  • Atmospheres
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Beam Splitting
  • Blooming
  • Diffraction
  • Gain
  • Glass Lasers
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Nd:Glass Lasers
  • Raman Scattering
  • Refraction
  • Scattering
  • Solid State Lasers
  • Thermal Blooming

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy