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Title: Kinetics of recombination of copper atoms in copper halide vapor lasers

Abstract

As a result of an analysis of experimental data from investigations of relaxation of the copper atom density in the afterglow of a pulsed discharge in copper halide vapor lasers, a mechanism of volume recombination of copper atoms is identified and the rate constant for recombination of copper atoms is determined for a wide range of operating temperatures. It is shown that in lasers operated at a high pulse repetition frequency, the dominant mechanisms of the loss of copper atoms in the discharge volume are diffusion and condensation on the walls of the tube. A model is proposed and calculations are made of the steady-state density distributions of copper atoms and copper halide molecules in the active zone of lasers operated at a high pulse repetition frequency.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Institute of High Temperatures, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
OSTI Identifier:
6643655
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10:8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; COPPER; RECOMBINATION; GAS LASERS; COPPER HALIDES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELEMENTS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; LASERS; METALS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; 420300* - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Batenin, V M, Zayakin, A A, and Klimovskii, I I. Kinetics of recombination of copper atoms in copper halide vapor lasers. United States: N. p., 1980. Web. doi:10.1070/QE1980v010n08ABEH010562.
Batenin, V M, Zayakin, A A, & Klimovskii, I I. Kinetics of recombination of copper atoms in copper halide vapor lasers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1980v010n08ABEH010562
Batenin, V M, Zayakin, A A, and Klimovskii, I I. 1980. "Kinetics of recombination of copper atoms in copper halide vapor lasers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1980v010n08ABEH010562.
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title = {Kinetics of recombination of copper atoms in copper halide vapor lasers},
author = {Batenin, V M and Zayakin, A A and Klimovskii, I I},
abstractNote = {As a result of an analysis of experimental data from investigations of relaxation of the copper atom density in the afterglow of a pulsed discharge in copper halide vapor lasers, a mechanism of volume recombination of copper atoms is identified and the rate constant for recombination of copper atoms is determined for a wide range of operating temperatures. It is shown that in lasers operated at a high pulse repetition frequency, the dominant mechanisms of the loss of copper atoms in the discharge volume are diffusion and condensation on the walls of the tube. A model is proposed and calculations are made of the steady-state density distributions of copper atoms and copper halide molecules in the active zone of lasers operated at a high pulse repetition frequency.},
doi = {10.1070/QE1980v010n08ABEH010562},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6643655}, journal = {Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 10:8,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980}
}