Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena: Volume 7

I. High Power Lasers.- The Los Alamos KrF Laser Program.- NOVA Laser System at Ultra High Fluence Levels.- Multi-Megajoule Nd: Glass Fusion Laser Design.- II. X-Ray Lasers, Grasers, and Nuclear Pumped Lasers.- Time and Resolved Spectroscopy of X-ray Laser Experiments.- Theory and Analysis of Soft X-ray Laser Experiments.- Hydrodynamic Aspects of X-ray Laser Targets.- Dynamical Process of the Second Harmonic Emission From Pico-Second Laser Produced Plasmas.- Laser Generated X-ray Studies Relevant to Compression Diagnostics and Nuclear Level Excitation.- A Laser Amplifier Based on Conversion of Particle Beam Kinetic Energy into Optical Energy.- Kinetics of Proposed Gamma-Ray Lasers.- Recent Results from Nuclear Pumped Laser Studies: Gain Measurements in XeF.- A Compact Aerosol Core Reactor/Laser Fueled with Reflective Micropellets.- Concentrating Properties of Simple Two-Dimensional Geometries for Isotropic Light.- III. Medium Intensity and Basic Interaction Experiments.- Microwave Modeling of Moderate Power Laser-Plasma Interactions.- Time-Resolved X-ray Diagnostics for High Density Plasma Physics Studies.- Microwave and X-ray Generation from CO2 Laser Irradiated Targets.- Modeling of X-ray Emission Created by Short Wavelength Laser Target Interaction.- Wave Propagation in a Rippled Plasma.- Self-Focusing and Hydrodynamics in Laser Interaction with Underdense Plasma.- Laser Resonance Induced Plasma with Extreme Properties of Collective Coupling and Possibilities of Quasi- Superconductivity.- The Evolution of Strong Shock Waves Produced by a Trapezoidal Laser Pulse.- Study of Jet-Like Structures on Laser Irradiated Targets at 10.6ym.- Mode Coupling in Laser Produced Plasmas.- Emission Characteristics and Surface Phenomena of Laser Heated Thermionic Cathodes.- IV. Interaction Theory.- Wave Pressure and Transient Radiation Forces.- Double Layers in Laser Produced Plasmas.- Consequences of High Electric Fields in Laser Produced Plasmas.- Stimulated Raman Scattering: Comparison of Theory and Experiment.- Heavy Ion Stopping in Dense and Hot Matter.- V. Fusion Experiments.- Pellet Implosion and Interaction Studies by GEKKO XII Green Laser.- Ablatively-Driven Targets Imploded with the 24 UV Beam OMEGA System.- Generation of Long Life Plasma and Strong Magnetic Field by CO2 Laser.- NOVA Target Experiments.- The Achievement of Adiabatic Compression of D-T Fuel as a Result of Reducing Preheat.- Effect of Non-Uniform Illumination in Laser Driven Planar Targets.- Thermal Transport Experiments at 0.35pm Laser Wavelength.- Shock Wave Behavior in Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions.- Penumbral Imaging of X-rays and Neutrons.- Neutron Diagnostics for ICF Experiments.- Zone Plate Imaging of 14-MeV Neutrons.- VI. ICF Reactors.- Fusion Laser Technology Revisited.- Cascade: A High Efficiency ICF Power Reactor.- Gas Condensation Phenomena in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reaction Chambers.- Studies of an Aerosol Core Reactor/Laser's Critical Properties.- High Intensity Particle Beams for a Muon-Catalyzed Fusion- Fission Reactor.- VII. Particle Beam Fusion.- Progress of Inertial Confinement Fusion Research by Light Ion Beam.- Laser Channel Initiation and Related Laser Plasma Production for Inertial Confinement Fusion by Light Ion Beam.- Advances in Light Ion Beams for Inertial Confinement Fusion.- Recent Results of the Light Ion Beam Program at the Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe.- VIII. Fusion Developments.- Progress in Inertial Fusion.- ICF Status/Development Strategy: Development on Inertial Confinement Fusion.- Overview of Laser Experimental Program at Centre D'Etudes de Limeil-Valenton.- Analysis, Modeling, and Design of Short Wavelength Laser- Plasma Experiments.- A Multiuser Development Scenario for ICF.- IX. Laser Accelerators and Intensive Beams.- Controlled Studies of Wave-Wave Interactions in a Beat-Wave Laser Driven Plasma.- Two Dimensional Simulations of Intense Laser Irradiation of Underdense Plasmas.- Electron Acceleration and Coh... Mehr