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Nuclear-Pumped Lasers

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This book focuses on Nuclear-Pumped Laser (NPL) technology and provides the reader with a fundamental understanding of NPLs, a review of research in the field and exploration of large scale NPL system design and applications.Early chapters look at the fundamental properties of lasers, nuclear-pumping and nuclear reactions that may be used as drivers for nuclear-pumped lasers. The book goes on to explore the efficient transport of energy from the ionizing radiation to the laser medium and then the operational characteristics of existing nuclear-pumped lasers. Models based on Mathematica, explanations and a tutorial all assist the reader’s understanding of this technology.Later chapters consider the integration of the various systems involved in NPLs and the ways in which they can be used, including beyond the military agenda. As readers will discover, there are significant humanitarian applications for high energy/power lasers, such as deflecting asteroids, space propulsion, power transmission and mining.This book will appeal to graduate students and scholars across diverse disciplines, including nuclear engineering, laser physics, quantum electronics, gaseous electronics, optics, photonics, space systems engineering, materials, thermodynamics, chemistry and physics.

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Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer., 2016

Collation

XIV, 417

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-319-36913-6

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NONE

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text

Media Type

computer

Carrier Type

online resource

Edition

1

Subject(s)

Nuclear Energy
Nuclear and Particle Physics

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Statement of Responsibility

Mark Prelas

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Devi

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Taufik

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