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Report of the 1971 JASON Laser Summer Study. Volume II. Supporting Appendices A-M, (2005)

Abstract
The volume contains a summary of the current state of the art in laser devices and associated technology, plus discussions of the current and potential uses of lasers in the following areas: medicine and biological research, communications, holography and information processing, chemical processing, atmospheric monitoring and air pollution detection, geophysics, industry, basic research in the physical sciences, and ignition of controlled thermonuclear reactions. The current status of laser safety standards and laws is also discussed. These articles provide the background for the conclusions and recommendations given in Volume I. (Author). See also report dated Aug 71, AD-743 098.

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Contributors INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ARLINGTON VA JASON DIV
Repository Defense Technical Information Center OAI-PMH Repository (United States)
Keywords LASERS AND MASERS, *LASERS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, GAS LASERS, INFRARED LASERS, MEDICAL RESEARCH, RADIOBIOLOGY, OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, STEREOPHOTOGRAPHY, CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS, AIR POLLUTION, GEOPHYSICS, DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT, METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS, MANUFACTURING, NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING, MINING ENGINEERING, SAFETY, ASTROPHYSICS, BIOPHYSICS, BIOCHEMISTRY, SYMPOSIA, STATE OF THE ART, REPORTS., LASER RADIOBIOLOGY, LASER RADIATION PROTECTION, DATA PROCESSING, OPTICAL DATA, HOLOGRAPHY, HOLOGRAPHIC INFORMATION STORAGE
Language eng