Air Lasing
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Beschreibung
This book presents the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of the rapidly developing field of air lasing. In most applications of lasers, such as cutting and engraving, the laser source is brought to the point of service where the laser beam is needed to perform its function. However, in some important applications such as remote atmospheric sensing, placing the laser at a convenient location is not an option. Current sensing schemes rely on the detection of weak backscattering of ground-based, forward-propagating optical probes, and possess limited sensitivity. The concept of air lasing (or atmospheric lasing) relies on the idea that the constituents of the air itself can be used as an active laser medium, creating a backward-propagating, impulsive, laser-like radiation emanating from a remote location in the atmosphere. This book provides important insights into the current state of development of air lasing and its applications.
This book presents the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of the rapidly developing field of air lasing. In most applications of lasers, such as cutting and engraving, the laser source is brought to the point of service where the laser beam is needed to perform its function. However, in some important applications such as remote atmospheric sensing, placing the laser at a convenient location is not an option. Current sensing schemes rely on the detection of weak backscattering of ground-based, forward-propagating optical probes, and possess limited sensitivity. The concept of air lasing (or atmospheric lasing) relies on the idea that the constituents of the air itself can be used as an active laser medium, creating a backward-propagating, impulsive, laser-like radiation emanating from a remote location in the atmosphere. This book provides important insights into the current state of development of air lasing and its applications.
Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date summary of the very actively investigated field of remote atmospheric lasing Contains contributions by authors who have each made important recent contributions to the field Offers content of interest to a broad and very interdisciplinary scientific community Represents the first comprehensive book on this new and rapidly developing field
Autor*in
Pavel Polynkin
Themen in »Air Lasing«
Nonlinear optics of the atmosphere Intense laser-matter interactions Laser-based remote sensing Remote atmospheric sensing Laser-generated plasma Laser spectroscopy Air lasing remote sensing in atmosphere two-photon pumping multi-photon pumping laser filamentation microwave heating Raman spectroscopy combustion diagnostics remote sensing/photogrammetry