Analytic study of the temperature profile in a copper bromide laser

Journal Article · Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2008V038N04ABEH013628· OSTI ID:21466791

Iliev, I P ^[1]; Gocheva-Ilieva, S G ^[2]; Sabotinov, N V ^[3]

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1. Department of Physics, Technical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
2. Department of Applied Mathematics and Modelling, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
3. Metal Vapour Lasers Department, Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia (Bulgaria)

Based on the two-dimensional heat conduction equation solved under boundary conditions of the third and fourth kind, a new approach is proposed for determining the gas temperature in the cross section of a copper bromide laser. Temperature profiles in the cases of the natural and forced convection are obtained taking into account the basic laser parameters such as the laser design, the input electric power, etc. In particular, computer simulations for the case of forced convection are performed in order to increase the input electric power at a fixed maximum discharge temperature. (active media)

• OSTI ID: 21466791
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 38, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2008v038n04ABEH013628; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COPPER BROMIDES
CROSS SECTIONS
DESIGN
ELECTRIC POWER
FORCED CONVECTION
LASERS
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
THERMAL CONDUCTION
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
BROMIDES
BROMINE COMPOUNDS
CONVECTION
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER HALIDES
ENERGY TRANSFER
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEAT TRANSFER
MASS TRANSFER
POWER
SIMULATION
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS