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Propagation of intensive laser radiation in clouds / Oleg A. Volkovitsky, Yuri S. Sedunov, Leonid P. Semenov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Volkovit︠s︡kiĭ, O. A.
- Series:
- Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 138.
- Progress in astronautics and aeronautics, 0079-6050 ; v. 138
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radiation.
- Lasers.
- Clouds.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (356 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text deals with the interaction between intensive laser radiation and clouds and will be helpful in implementing specific laser systems operating in the real atmosphere. The fundamentals of nonlinear statistical optics of aerodisperse media are addressed for the first time in this volume. Scientists and engineers interested in the problems of laser radiation propagation in the atmosphere, as well as postgraduates and senior students specializing in nonlinear optics, laser physics, and quantum electronics, will find the expert research contained within these pages valuable.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Annotation""; ""Foreword to English edition""; ""Preface""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1. General Information About Clouds""; ""Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Interaction Between Intense Laser Radiation and Cloud Medium""; ""Chapter 3. Evaporation of Droplets in an Electromagnetic Field""; ""Chapter 4. Radiative Destruction of Ice Crystals""; ""Chapter 5. Formation of Clearing Zone in Cloud Medium by Intense Radiations""; ""Chapter 6 Approximate Description and Experimental Investigation of Clearing of Droplet Cloud Medium""
- ""Chapter 7 ""Turbidification"" Effect of the Cloud Medium in a Radiation Field""""Chapter 8 Influence of Optical Heterogeneities on the Propagation of Laser Radiation in a Cloud Medium""; ""Chapter 9 Some Aspects of Practical Laser Perturbation of Clouds and Fog""; ""References""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-60086-611-5
- 1-60086-392-2
- OCLC:
- 922979127
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