Schwarz / Hora Laser interaction and related plasma phenomena, volume 3

1974
ISBN: 978-1-4684-8413-7
Verlag: Springer US
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As was the case in the two preceding workshops of 1969 and 1971, the Third Workshop on "Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena" held in 1973 was of international character. The main purpose was to review the advanced status of this particular and turbulent field of physics as it had developed vigorously in all major laboratories of the world since 1971. Due to recently accelerated advancements, it was hardly possible to present a com plete tutorial review; the subject is still in its premature stages and changing rapidly. A topical conference would have been too specific for a group of physicists with broad backgrounds working in the field or for those just about to enter it. It was the aim of the workshop and it is the aim of these proceedings to help this large group of scientists find their way within the highly complex and sometimes confusing results of a new field. We optimized the task of the workshop with extensive reviews on severa~ topics and at the same time included more detailed infor mation for specialists. The differences in their conclusions were not a matter of contention but rather served to complement the advanced results. As in the preceding workshops, we directed our attention toward critical realism in respect to the complexity of the field. What is meant here is exemplified in the contribution by R. Sigel W.667).

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwarz, Helmut J.

Hora, Heinrich

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. High Power Lasers.- Futurology of High Intensity Lasers (Keynote Address).- Electron Beam Controlled CO2 Lasers at Los Alamos.- High Power UV-Preionized CO2 Lasers.- Review of CW High-Power Laser Technology.- On the Feasibility of Nuclear Pumping of Gas Lasers.- Comparison of Direct and Discharge Pumping in CO2 Lasers.- High Power Chemical Lasers: Problems and Perspectives.- The Iodine Laser, a High Power Gas Laser.- Damage Constraints in the Design of High Energy Lasers for Fusion Applications.- Summary of Discussions and Comments.- II. Medium Intense Laser Plasma Interaction.- Laser Absorption Waves in the Atmosphere.- Interaction of High Power Pulsed CO2 Lasers with Solid Targets.- Measurements of Spontaneous Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas.- Theory of Magnetically Induced Rotation and a Dynamo Effect in Laser Plasmas.- Microwave Studies of Magnetically Induced Counterstreaming Interactions in Laser-Produced Plasma.- Summary of Discussions and Comments.- III. Theory of Instabilities and Nonlinear Processes.- Laser-Induced Instabilities and Anomalous Absorption in Dense Plasmas.- Physical Mechanisms for Laser-Plasma Parametric Instabilities.- Striated Jets and Anomalous Absorption Due to Nonlinear Ponderomotive Forces in Laser-Produced Plasmas.- Nonlinear Behavior of Light-Driven Plasma Instabilities.- Laser-Induced Coherent Decay of Photons for Plasma Heating.- Symmetry of Laser-Drive Implosions.- Summary of Discussions and Comments.- Author Index.