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Author : Glen P. Perram,Salvatore J. Cusumano,Robert L. Hengehold,Steven T. Fiorino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Laser weapons
ISBN : 097936874X
Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428917767
Author : Bengt Anderberg,Myron L. Wolbarsht
Publisher : Springer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781489960948
Author : Andrew Motes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1521369607
This book describes the design process for laser weapons and shows how power and weight are related to laser efficiency and duty cycle. The author uses example requirements to step the reader through a basic design. It was written for engineers or physicists who have no experience in the field, or for engineering students who are interested in learning about laser weapons. Readers are expected to have an understanding of optics and laser physics. This book can also be used as a teaching tool for the engineering design process.
Author : Amitav Mallik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Directed-energy weapons
ISBN : 8186514368
Author : Keith B. Payne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429716911
This is the first comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding the potential development by the United States of a space-based laser weapons program. The authors assess the implications of arms control agreements for a satellite-based laser program, including discussions of recent Soviet space-related arms control initiatives and the forthcoming ABM treaty review. They outline likely Soviet responses to a U.S. space-based laser system, address criticisms of the proposed program, and consider its future in light of developments in U.S. defense strategy and doctrine.
Author : C. Breck Hitz,James J. Ewing,Jeff Hecht
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470916209
The only introductory text on the market today that explains the underlying physics and engineering applicable to all lasers Although lasers are becoming increasingly important in our high-tech environment, many of the technicians and engineers who install, operate, and maintain them have had little, if any, formal training in the field of electro-optics. This can result in less efficient usage of these important tools. Introduction to Laser Technology, Fourth Edition provides readers with a good understanding of what a laser is and what it can and cannot do. The book explains what types of laser to use for different purposes and how a laser can be modified to improve its performance in a given application. With a unique combination of clarity and technical depth, the book explains the characteristics and important applications of commercial lasers worldwide and discusses light and optics, the fundamental elements of lasers, and laser modification.? In addition to new chapter-end problems, the Fourth Edition includes new and expanded chapter material on: Material and wavelength Diode Laser Arrays Quantum-cascade lasers Fiber lasers Thin-disk and slab lasers Ultrafast fiber lasers Raman lasers Quasi-phase matching Optically pumped semiconductor lasers Introduction to Laser Technology, Fourth Edition is an excellent book for students, technicians, engineers, and other professionals seeking a fuller, more formal introduction to the field of laser technology.
Author : Jeff Hecht
Publisher : Jeff Hecht
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1984-03-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780306415463
Beam Weapons examines the directed-energy weapons that became a central part of the Reagan Administration's Strategic Defense Initiative, better known as "Star Wars." First published in 1984, it describes the science and technology behind directed energy weapons, the state of the art at the time Reagan launched the program, and the military issues involved. The first full-length book published on the topic, it exhaustively documents the technical and military realities and uncertainties.
Author : M N Avadhanulu
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9788121920711
Basic Theory | Types Of Lasers | Laser Beam Characteristics | Techniues For Control Of Laser Output| Applications Of Lasers
Author : Alastair D. McAulay
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470255605
Recent advances in ultra-high-power lasers, including the free-electron laser, and impressive airborne demonstrations of laser weapons systems, such as the airborne laser, have shown the enormous potential of laser technology to revolutionize 21st century warfare. Military Laser Technology for Defense, includes only unclassified or declassified information. The book focuses on military applications that involve propagation of light through the atmosphere and provides basic relevant background technology. It describes high-power lasers and masers, including the free-electron laser. Further, Military Laser Technology for Defense addresses how laser technology can effectively mitigate six of the most pressing military threats of the 21st century: attack by missiles, terrorists, chemical and biological weapons, as well as difficulty in imaging in bad weather and threats from directed beam weapons and future nuclear weapons. The author believes that laser technology will revolutionize warfare in the 21st century.
Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : PKEY:6610000387663
What Is Laser Weapon A directed-energy weapon that makes use of lasers is referred to as a laser weapon. After many decades of research and development, directed-energy weapons such as lasers are still in the experimental stage as of January 2020. It is unknown whether or not these weapons will ever be deployed as operational, high-performance military weapons, and if so, when this will occur. If there is fog, smoke, dust, precipitation, snow, smog, foam, or purposefully scattered obscurant compounds in the atmosphere, atmospheric thermal blooming will be much more severe than it already is. This issue is still mostly unresolved. A laser, at its core, is a light-emitting diode that, in order to function properly and avoid producing unwanted thermal blooming, must emit a beam of light into the atmosphere or into a vacuum. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Laser weapon Chapter 2: Non-lethal weapon Chapter 3: Boeing YAL-1 Chapter 4: Joint Direct Attack Munition Chapter 5: Stealth aircraft Chapter 6: Directed-energy weapon Chapter 7: Air Force Research Laboratory Chapter 8: Space warfare Chapter 9: Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems Chapter 10: Electrolaser Chapter 11: Advanced Tactical Laser Chapter 12: High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System Chapter 13: Chemical laser Chapter 14: Personnel halting and stimulation response rifle Chapter 15: Dazzler (weapon) Chapter 16: Infrared countermeasure Chapter 17: GBU-44/B Viper Strike Chapter 18: Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar Chapter 19: Boeing Laser Avenger Chapter 20: AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System Chapter 21: Iron Beam (II) Answering the public top questions about laser weapon. (III) Real world examples for the usage of laser weapon in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of laser weapon' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of laser weapon.
Author : Jeff Hecht
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781633884618
The whole story of laser weapons with a focus on its many interesting characters and sometimes bizarre schemes The laser--a milestone invention of the mid-twentieth century--quickly captured the imagination of the Pentagon as the key to the ultimate weapon. Veteran science writer Jeff Hecht tells the inside story of the adventures and misadventures of scientists and military strategists as they exerted Herculean though often futile efforts to adapt the laser for military uses. From the 1950s' sci-fi vision of the "death ray," through the Reagan administration's "Star Wars" missile defense system, to more promising developments today, Hecht provides an entertaining history. As the author illustrates, there has always been a great deal of enthusiasm and false starts surrounding lasers. He describes a giant laser that filled a Boeing 747, lasers powered like rocket engines, plans for an orbiting fleet of robotic laser battle stations to destroy nuclear missiles, claims that nuclear bombs could produce intense X-ray laser beams, and a scheme to bounce laser beams off giant orbiting relay mirrors. Those far-out ideas remain science fiction. Meanwhile, in civilian sectors, the laser is already being successfully used in fiber optic cables, scanners, medical devices, and industrial cutting tools. Now those laser cutting tools are leading to a new generation of laser weapons that just might stop insurgent rockets. Replete with interesting characters, bizarre schemes, and wonderful inventions, this is a well-told tale about the evolution of technology and the reaches of human ambition.
Author : David H. Titterton
Publisher : Artech House
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781608077793
This new resource provides an insight into the physical principles of the device technology that underpins many laser-based military systems in one form or another. From this knowledge a deeper understanding of the fundamental requirements and the potential performance, as well as limitations of such systems may be assessed, given the appropriate operational parameters. Engineers and students are provided with practical advice on how to evaluate laser devices and systems, operate them safely, and train with them.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Lasers
ISBN : SRLF:AA0000921668
Author : Bahman Zohuri
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781490751375
Directed Energy Weapons is nothing new to mankind, historically the origination of such weapons falls in centuries ago when first time the famous Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer Archimedes of Syracuse used different mirrors to collect sunbeams and focusing them on Romans fleet in order to destroy enemy ships with fire. This is known as the Archimedes Heat Ray. Archimedes may have used mirrors acting collectively as a parabolic reflector to burn ships attacking Syracuse. The device was used to focus sunlight onto approaching ships, causing them to catch fire. Of course the myth or reality of Archimedes Heat Ray still is a questionable story, but certain experiments with the help of a group of students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology was carried out with 127 one-foot (30 cm) square mirror tiles in October of 2005 that was focused on a mock-up wooden ship at a range of around 100 feet (30 m). The flames broke out on a patch of the ship, but only after the sky had been cloudless and the ship had remained stationary for around ten minutes. It was concluded the device was a feasible weapon under these conditions.