Lasers And Their Applications / Lazery I Ikh Primenenie / Лазеры И Их Применение (the Lebedev Physics Institute Series)

Front Matter....Pages i-vii Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of the Dynamics of High-Power Radiation-Emitting Electric Discharges in Gases....Pages 1-32 Front Matter....Pages 35-40 Theoretical Investigations of High-Current Discharges in Bounded Plasmas....Pages 40-51 Experimental Investigations of Discharges in Lithium Plasmas....Pages 51-69 Front Matter....Pages 73-80 Dynamics of Raman Lasers....Pages 80-90 Fundamentals of the Theory of Amplifiers Based on Stimulated Scattering....Pages 90-97 Experimental Investigation of Amplification due to Stimulated Raman Scattering....Pages 98-111 Theoretical Investigation of the Kinetics of Chemical Lasers....Pages 115-141 Front Matter....Pages 145-146 Desired Parameters of Laser Systems....Pages 146-152 Master Laser and System of Preliminary Amplifying Stages....Pages 152-162 High-Power Amplifying Stage with Series-Parallel Configuration....Pages 162-166 Investigation of the Parameters of a Plasma Formed as a Result of Spherical Irradiation of an Isolated Solid Target....Pages 166-180 Investigation of the Parameters and Dynamics of a Plasma Obtained by Sharp Focusing of Laser Radiation on Solid Targets....Pages 183-216