Chemical lasers
Abstract
The application and the advances of quantum electronics, specifically, of optical quantum generators lasers is reviewed. Materials are cut, their surfaces are machined, chemical transformations of substances are carried out, surgical operations are performed, data are transmitted, three dimensional images are produced and the content of microimpurities, in the atmosphere, are analyzed by use of a beam. Laser technology is used in conducting investigations in the most diverse fields of the natural and technical sciences from controlled thermonuclear fusion to genetics. Many demands are placed on lasers as sources of light energy. The importance of low weight, compactness of the optical generator and the efficiency of energy conversion processes is emphasized.
- Publication:
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USSR Rept Phys Math JPRS UPM
- Pub Date:
- August 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984RpPhM.......34K
- Keywords:
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- Chemical Lasers;
- Masers;
- Quantum Electrodynamics;
- Stimulated Emission Devices;
- Laser Applications;
- Technology Assessment;
- Lasers and Masers