Laser Pulse Phenomena and Applications

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Laser Pulse Phenomena and Applications Edited by F. J. Duarte Edited by F. J. Duarte Photo by ayvengo / iStock Pulsed lasers are available in the gas, liquid, and the solid state. These lasers are also enormously versatile in their output characteristics yielding emission from very large energy pulses to very high peak-power pulses. Pulsed lasers are equally versatile in their spectral characteristics. This volume includes an impressive array of current research on pulsed laser phenomena and applications. Laser Pulse Phenomena and Applications covers a wide range of topics from laser powered orbital launchers, and laser rocket engines, to laser-matter interactions, detector and sensor laser technology, laser ablation, and biological applications.

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LASER PULSE PHENOMENA AND APPLICATIONS Edited by Dr. F. J. Duarte INTECHOPEN.COM http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/881 Edited by F. J. Duarte Contributors Sandor Varro, Bai Chuang Shyu, Victor Apollonov, Liantuan Xiao, Yujun Zheng, Anderson Zanardi Freitas, Marcello Amaral, Marcus Raele, Christian Parigger, Pavlina Pike, Robert Splinter, Tatiana Itina, Krzysztof Jakubczak, Victor Malka, Werner Vandermeiren, Johan Stiens, Cathleen De Tandt, Gennady Shkerdin, Vladimir Kotov, Roger Vounckx, Luis Ponce, Lorenzo Capineri, Chandrasekhar Roychoudhuri, Debabrata Goswami, Tapas Goswami, Hiroshi Katsurayama, Kimiya Komurasaki, Yoshihiro Arakawa, Shiang-Feng Tang, Hiroaki Nishiyama, Dennis K. Killinger, Anna Sharikova, Maciej Oszwaldowski, Janusz Rzeszutek, Piotr Kuswik, Tae Moon Jeong, Jongmin Lee © The Editor(s) and the Author(s) 2010 The moral rights of the and the author(s) have been asserted. All rights to the book as a whole are reserved by INTECH. The book as a whole (compilation) cannot be reproduced, distributed or used for commercial or non-commercial purposes without INTECH’s written permission. Enquiries concerning the use of the book should be directed to INTECH rights and permissions department (permissions@intechopen.com).