Paul Harteck Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York When the Maser and the Laser Were discovered, people were speculating if this was the beginning of a new page, or even a new chapter, in the Book of Physics. The Second Workshop on "Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena" held in Hartford made it clear that the perspective had changed, that people now question if the consequences of these discoveries constitute a new chapter, or possibly a new era in Physics. While the papers presented were all stimulating and of out standing quality, of special interest were the experiments which demonstrated that triggering of thermonuclear fusion by Laser techniques is indeed in the realm of the possible. Along these lines, I enjoy recalling an anecdote concerning the late F. G. Houtermans. I think that all who knew him will agree that he was an unusual genius and at the same time a very amusing colleague.
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Heinrich Hora; Helmut J Schwarz; Workshop on Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena

Springer, Heinrich Hora

Springer London, Limited

United States, United States of America

Springer Nature, New York, NY, 2013

Boston, MA, 1972

New York, 1972

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Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
High Power CO 2 Lasers....Pages 1-7
Survey of Electric Discharge CO 2 Lasers....Pages 9-23
Thermokinetic Theories of Gasdynamic Lasers and Application to Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion....Pages 25-41
Nuclear Radiation Effects on Gas Lasers....Pages 43-57
Chemical Molecular Lasers....Pages 59-59
Photochemical Iodine Laser....Pages 61-66
Photodissociation of NO 2 by Pulsed Laser Light at 6943A....Pages 67-76
The Initial Stages of Laser-Induced Gas Breakdown....Pages 79-96
Laser-Produced Gaseous Deuterium Plasmas....Pages 97-145
Influence of Particles on Laser Induced Air Breakdown....Pages 147-152
Laser Produced Plasma — Streamer Interaction....Pages 153-153
Experiments on Self-Focusing in Laser-Produced Plasmas....Pages 155-175
Scattering and Beam Trapping in Laser-Produced Plasmas in Gases....Pages 177-177
Recent Developments in Light Scattering Experiments on Laboratory Plasmas....Pages 181-207
Electron-Photon Interaction....Pages 209-225
Interpretation of Cylindrical Langmuir Probe Signals from Streaming Laser-Produced Plasmas....Pages 227-242
The Dielectric Strength of Alkali-Halide Crystals at Optical Frequencies....Pages 243-243
Plasma Production by CO 2 Laser....Pages 245-252
Intense Electron Emission from Laser Produced Plasmas....Pages 253-269
Interactions of Laser-Produced Plasmas with Background Gases....Pages 273-288
Magnetic Field Confinement of Laser Irradiated Solid Particle Plasmas....Pages 289-289
Dynamics of a Resistive Plasmoid in a Magnetic Field....Pages 291-300
Magnetic Field Enhanced Energy Increase of Ions Emitted from Laser Irradiated Solid Targets....Pages 301-306
Theoretical Aspects of Ion Energy Increase in Laser Produced Plasmas Due to Static Magnetic Fields....Pages 307-313
Anomalous Absorption of Intense Radiation....Pages 317-338
A Classical Resonance in the Optics of Thin Films at the Plasma Frequency....Pages 339-340
Nonlinear Forces in Laser Produced Plasmas....Pages 341-365
Stimulated Scattering and Self-Focusing Processes in Dense Plasmas....Pages 367-380
A Self Consistent Calculation of Ponderomotive Forces in the Laser Plasma Interaction....Pages 381-385
Heating of Laser Plasmas for Thermonuclear Fusion....Pages 389-408
Nuclear DD Reactions in Solid Deuterium Laser Created Plasma....Pages 409-431
Laser Heated Overdense Plasmas for Thermonuclear Fusion....Pages 433-467
Nanosecond and Picosecond Laser Irradiation of Solid Targets....Pages 469-480
Thermonuclear Fusion Plasma by Lasers....Pages 481-494
Appendix Investigation of Damages in Laser Glasses....Pages 495-502
Plasma Production with a Nd Laser and Non-Thermal Effects....Pages 503-514
Influence of Fast Ion Losses in Inertially Confined Nuclear Fusion Plasma....Pages 515-526
Fusion Neutron and Soft X-Ray Generation in Laser Assisted Dense Plasma Focus....Pages 527-543
Back Matter....Pages 547-583

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