Amplification in a waveguide CO/sub 2/ laser employing an rf electrodeless discharge

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1982v012n08ABEH005814· OSTI ID:6875386

Bakerev, A E; Vasilenko, L S; Skhimnikov, O M

Some features are discussed of the pumping of a CO/sub 2/ laser having a waveguide resonator and using a capacitative rf discharge. The gain was measured for several carbon dioxide vibrational--rotational transitions in a discharge chamber with a slowly circulated active medium and the dependence of the gain on the total pressure was determined. Continuous lasing was achieved at active mixture pressures up to 37 kPa.

• Research Organization: Institute of Heat Physics, Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Novosibirsk
• OSTI ID: 6875386
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 12:8; ISSN SJQEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
AMPLIFICATION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTRODES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EQUIPMENT
EXCITED STATES
GAIN
GAS LASERS
LASERS
LOW PRESSURE
OPTICAL PUMPING
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
PUMPING
RESONATORS
ROTATIONAL STATES
VIBRATIONAL STATES
WAVEGUIDES