High-Power, High-Intensity Laser Propagation and Interactions

Abstract

This paper presents overviews of a number of processes and applications associated with high-power, high-intensity lasers and their interactions. These processes and applications include: free electron lasers, backward Raman amplification, atmospheric propagation of laser pulses, laser driven acceleration, atmospheric N2 lasing, and remote detection of radioactivity. The interrelated physical mechanisms in the various processes are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 10, 2014
Accession Number
ADA596959

Entities

People

  • Bahman Hafizi
  • Phillip A. Sprangle

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Detection
  • Diffraction
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Free Electrons
  • Ionization
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Phase Velocity
  • Remote Sensing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Solar Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics