Analysis of the characteristics of a pulsed chemical DF-CO2laser under lasing and amplification conditions

Autor: V I Kir'yanov, B G Bravyĭ, G K Vasiliev
Rok vydání: 1985
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Zdroj: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics. 15:342-348
ISSN: 0049-1748
DOI: 10.1070/qe1985v015n03abeh006305
Popis: Experimental and calculated data are used in an analysis of the characteristics of a pulsed chemical DF–CO2 laser under free-running and amplification regimes. A deviation of the distribution of the populations of the vibrational states of the CO2 molecule from the Boltzmann law was observed in the course of amplification of a saturating 150-nsec pulse. The role of a "hot" R 23 (0111–1110) transition and the influence of rotational relaxation on the kinetics of lasing of individual vibrational–rotational lines, on the output radiation pulse profile, and on the output energy were considered. The calculated and experimental values of the unsaturated gain and of the output energy in the free-running regime were in good agreement when the degree of initiation (dissociation) was far from the lasing threshold.
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