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Gain of a CO/sub 2/ waveguide laser

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
An analytic expression is obtained for the unsaturated gain of the active medium in a CO/sub 2/ waveguide laser. A calculation is reported of the gain in a CO/sub 2/:N/sub 2/:He=1:1:8 mixture. The dependence of the gain on the pressure in the active medium and on the laser tube diameter is obtained for different pump currents. The role of various mechanisms of the relaxation of excited molecules in the plasma of a CO/sub 2/ waveguide laser is considered.
Research Organization:
Institute of Radioelectronics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
OSTI ID:
7288074
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 7:7; ISSN SJQEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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