High Energy Molecular Lasers

Authors: Apollonov, Victor
Describes how to design high-power molecular lasers
Presents ways to control laser efficiency and laser beam quality
Covers many patented new applications of self-controlled volume-discharge lasers

This book gives the readers an introduction to experimental and theoretical knowledge acquired by large-scale laser laboratories that are dealing with extra-high peak power and ultrashort laser pulses for research of terawatt (TW), petawatt (PW), or near-future exawatt (EW) laser interactions, for soft X-ray sources, for acceleration of particles, or for generation of hot dense thermal plasma for the laser fusion.

Authors: Drukarev, Evgeny G., Mikhailov, A.I.
Authored by leading experts in the field
Self-contained presentation of the subject matter
Treats for the first time atomic transitions triggered by nuclear decay