Inversion of the wave front by a surface
Kulikov O.L. , Pilipetskii N.F. , Sudarkin A.N. , Shkunov V.V.
A method of wave-front inversion produced by a profiled destruction of an aluminum film sputtered on a glass surface is used. The coefficient of reflection to an inverted wave as a result of a 30% inversion reached 39% in total energy and 130% in instantaneous intensity. A theoretical model, which satisfactorily accounts for the power and for the dynamics of the process, is proposed.