Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; Chapter 1: Directed Energy Weapons; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 PUFF74: A Material Response Computer Code; 1.2.1 Availability of PUFF74 Computer Code; 1.3 PUFF-TFT: A Material Response Computer Code; 1.3.1 Availability of PUFF-TFT Computer Code; 1.4 SANDYL: A Monte Carlo Three-Dimensional Computer Code; 1.4.1 Availability of SANDYL Computer Code; 1.5 ASTHMA88 (Axisymmetric Transient Heating and Material Ablation) Code; 1.5.1 Availability of ASTHMA88 Computer Code; 1.6 ALE3D (Arbitrary Lagrangian/Eulerian Multi-Physics 3D) Computer Code

1.6.1 ALE3D Program Availability1.7 CTH Computer Code; 1.7.1 Availability of CTH Computer Code; 1.8 HYPUF, Stress Wave Response Computer Code; 1.8.1 Availability of HYPUF, Stress Wave Response Computer Code; 1.9 DYNA2D and DYNA3D Computer Codes Series; 1.9.1 Availability of DYNA2D and DYNA3D Computer Codes; 1.10 NIKE2D and NIKE3D Computer Codes Series; 1.10.1 Availability NIKE2D and NIKE3D Computer Codes Series; 1.11 TOPAZ2D and TOPAZ3D Computer Codes Series; 1.11.1 Availability TOPAZ2D and TOPAZ3D Computer Codes Series; References; Chapter 2: Laser Technology; 2.1 Basic Principles

2.2 Overall Theme2.3 A Word About Units; 2.4 Developing Damage Criteria; 2.5 The Energy Required for Damage; 2.6 The Laser Beam; 2.7 Summary; References; Chapter 3: Laser Safety; 3.1 Laser Safety; 3.2 Laser Hazards; 3.2.1 Laser Hazards to the Eye; 3.2.2 Laser Hazards to the Skin; 3.3 Safety Regulations; 3.4 Laser Hazard Classification; 3.5 Laser Range Safety Tool (LRST) Physics; Nominal Ocular Hazard Distance and Area; References; Chapter 4: Laser Weapons; 4.1 Laser as a Weapon; 4.2 Possible Targets; 4.3 Energy Level at the Target; 4.4 Absorption and Scattering

4.5 Atmospheric Structure with Altitude4.6 The Major Laser Weapon Concepts; 4.7 Small-Scale Weapons Using Lab-Type Lasers; 4.8 High-Energy Lasers as Weapons; 4.9 High-Energy Laser (HEL) Safety Program; 4.9.1 Airborne Laser (YAL-1A); 4.9.2 Tactical High-Energy Laser for Air Defense; 4.10 Lasers for Air Defense; 4.10.1 Target Acquisition for Combat Operations; 4.10.2 Overview; 4.10.3 Description; 4.11 Target-Background Discrimination for Surveillance; 4.11.1 Overview; 4.11.2 Description; References; Chapter 5: Laser-Directed Energy Concepts

5.1 Laser Beam and Material Interactions and Its Lethality5.2 Introduction to Effectiveness of Directed Energy Weapons; 5.3 The Mathematics of Diffusion; 5.3.1 The Diffusion Process and Basic Hypothesis of Mathematical Theory; 5.3.2 The Differential Equation of Diffusion Equation; 5.3.2.1 Diffusion Equation in Cylindrical Coordinate; 5.3.2.2 Diffusion Equation in Spherical Coordinate; 5.3.3 Boundary and Initial Conditions; 5.3.4 Material Response; 5.3.4.1 Theory of Laser Interaction with Solids; 5.3.4.2 Laser Radiation, Effects on Solid Target; 5.3.4.3 Absorption of Laser Radiation by Metals