Physics Of High Power Laser Matter Interactions - Proceedings Of The Japan-us Seminar

Japan-US seminar on laser fusion of two decades, C. Yamanaka; degenerate quantum-beat laser - lasing without inversion and inversion without lasing, M. Scully; potential of ultrashort and ultrahigh-power KrF lasers, H. Takuma; excimer lamps for solid-state laser drivers, D. Mencin; search for a visible wavelength nuclear pumped laser, Y. Shaban; recent developments in NPL-ICF reactor concepts, G.H. Miley; study of soft X-ray lasers in 42-46A region observed in He-like al plasma, T. Ozaki; electron scattering by a Coulomb field in the presence of a strong linearly polarized radiation field, G. Csanak; laser fusion research at NRL, S.E. Bodner; experimental testing of thin shell stable acceleration for ICF schemes with direct and indirect drive, A. Yu Goltsov; hot, pressurized condensed matter created and probed by femtosecond laser pulses, M.C. Downer.