Lasers with Nuclear Pumping - Hardcover

Melnikov, S.P.; Sinyanskii, A.A.; Sizov, A.N.; Miley, George H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319088815 ISBN 13: 9783319088815

Publisher: Springer, 2014

Synopsis

This book covers the history of lasers with nuclear pumping (Nuclear Pumped Lasers, NPLs). This book showcases the most important results and stages of NPL development in The Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF) as well as other Russian and international laboratories, including laboratories in the United States. The basic science and technology behind NPLs along with potential applications are covered throughout the book.

As the first comprehensive discussion of NPLs, students, researchers, and application engineers interested in high energy lasers will find this book to be an extremely valuable source of information about these unique lasers.

About this title

About the Author

George Miley, University of Illionis, ghmiley@illionis.edu

Sergey Petrovich Melnikov, The Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), melnikov@expd.vniief.ru

Alexandr Nikolaevich Sizov, The Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF)

Anatolii Alexandrovich Sinyanskii,  The Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF)

From the Back Cover

This book covers the history of lasers with nuclear pumping (Nuclear Pumped Lasers, NPLs). This book showcases the most important results and stages of NPL development in The Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF) as well as other Russian and international laboratories, including laboratories in the United States. The basic science and technology behind NPLs along with potential applications are covered throughout the book.

As such, this book:

· Contains a historical overview of the extensive information developed over the past 40 years of work on NPLs

· Covers the most important results and stages of NPL development, not just in the Russian Federal Nuclear Center, VNIIEF, but also in other laboratories in Russia, the United States , and some other scattered international laboratories

· Systematizes the fragmented information accumulated over these years of very active research and development

As the first comprehensive discussion of NPLs, students, researchers, and application engineers interested in high energy lasers will find this book an extremely valuable source of information about these unique lasers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319088815
• ISBN 13: 9783319088815
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 475