Photochemical Lasers (Hardcover)

This volume outlines the theory of photochemical lasers, paying particular attention to the class of lasers using open discharge to create photodissociation as a means of producing population inversion. Pumping of photochemical lasers by open discharge, providing high-power radiation in the UV and VUV spectral regions, has made possible the experimental observation of new fundamental physical phenomena. The text focuses on the work being performed on photochemical processes at the P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow.