High-Energy Molecular Lasers: Self-Controlled Volume-Discharge Lasers and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Carbon Dioxide Laser with an Output Energy of 3 kJ, Excited in Matched Regime....Pages 3-7
SSVD in Long Gaps Containing CO2–N2–He Mixtures....Pages 9-13
Carbon Dioxide Laser with a Variable Output Pulse Duration....Pages 15-18
Efficiency of Utilization of Certain Readily Ionized Substances for Discharge Stabilization in CO2 Lasers....Pages 19-24
Electric Discharge CO2 Laser with a Large Radiating Aperture....Pages 25-33
Formation of an SSVD with Intense Ultraviolet Irradiation of the Cathode Region....Pages 35-41
High-Energy Electric-Discharge CO2 Laser with Easily Ionizable Substances Added to the Mixture....Pages 43-48
Formation of a Spatially Homogeneous Discharge in Large-Volume CO2–N2–He Gas Mixtures....Pages 49-51
Stability of an SSVD in a CO2–N2–He Gas Mixture with Easily Ionizable Additives....Pages 53-56
Formation of an SSVD for the Pumping of CO2 Lasers....Pages 57-72
Mechanism of Formation of an SSVD Initiated by a Barrier Discharge Distributed on the Surface of a Cathode....Pages 73-77
Formation of an SSVD for Pumping of Gas Lasers in Compact Electrode Systems....Pages 79-81
Large-Aperture CO2 Amplifier....Pages 83-85
Dynamic Profiling of an Electric Field in the Case of Formation of an SSVD Under Conditions of Strong Ionization of the Electrode Regions....Pages 87-90
Small-Signal Gain of CO2 Lasers Pumped by an SSVD....Pages 91-95
Feasibility of Increasing the Interelectrode Distance in an SSVD by Filling the Discharge Gap with Electrons....Pages 97-100
Influence of Easily Ionizable Substances on the Stability of an SSVD in Working CO2 Laser Mixtures....Pages 101-106
High-Energy Molecular Lasers Pumped by an SSVD....Pages 107-111
N2O Laser Pumped by an SSVD....Pages 113-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-138
CO2- and N2O-Lasers with Preliminary Filling of the Gap by Electrons....Pages 1-1
Modeling of Large-Aperture CO2-Lasers....Pages 139-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-170
Non-chain High Radiation Energy Electric-Discharge HF(DF) Lasers....Pages 171-172
SIVD in Nonchain HF Lasers Based on SF6-Hydrocarbon Mixtures....Pages 173-177
Discharge Characteristics in a Nonchain HF(DF) Laser....Pages 179-195
Ion–Ion Recombination in SF6 and in SF6–C2H6 Mixtures for High Values of E/N....Pages 197-201
SSVD Instability of Nonchain HF(DF) Laser Mixture....Pages 203-213
Dynamics of a SIVD in Mixtures of Sulfur Hexafluoride with Hydrocarbons....Pages 215-225
High-Energy Nonchain HF(DF) Lasers Initiated by SSVD....Pages 227-230
SSVDs in Strongly Electronegative Gases....Pages 231-242
High-Energy Pulse and Pulse-Periodic Nonchain HF/DF Lasers....Pages 243-246
UV-Preionization in Nonchain HF Lasers with a SSVD to Initiate Chemical Reaction....Pages 247-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-278
Selection of High-Power Nanosecond Pulses from Large-Aperture CO2 Oscillators....Pages 279-279
Nanosecond Pulse Transmission of Buffered SF6 at 10.6 μm....Pages 281-286
20-J Nanosecond-Pulse CO2 Laser System Based on an Injection-Mode-Locked Oscillator....Pages 287-297
Numerical Simulation of Regenerative Amplification of Nanosecond Pulses in a CO2 Laser....Pages 299-304
Regenerative CO2 Amplifier of a Nanosecond Pulse Train....Pages 305-310
Regenerative CO2 Amplifier with Controlled Pulse Duration....Pages 311-318
Efficiency of an Electric-Discharge N2 Laser....Pages 319-323
Front Matter....Pages 325-332
Stimulation of a Heterogeneous Reaction of Decomposition of Ammonia on the Surface of Platinum by CO2 Laser Radiation....Pages 333-334
Front Matter....Pages 335-340
Influence of the Pumping Regime on Lasing of an He-Xe Optical-Breakdown Plasma....Pages 333-334
Formation of the Active Medium in Lasers with Rare-Gas Mixtures Pumped by Optical Breakdown....Pages 341-348
Low-Threshold Generation of Harmonics and Hard X-Ray Radiation in Laser Plasma....Pages 349-352
Probe Investigations of Close-to-Surface Plasma Produced by CO2-Laser Nanosecond Pulse Train....Pages 353-357
Interaction of CO2 Laser Nanosecond Pulse Train with the Metallic Targets in Optical Breakdown Regime....Pages 359-365
Wide Aperture Picosecond CO2 Laser System....Pages 367-378
Lasers for Industrial, Scientific and Ecological Use....Pages 379-391
Generation of a Submillimeter Half-Cycle Radiation Pulse....Pages 393-405
High Power CO2-Laser Radiation Conversion with AgGaSe2 and AgGa1−xInxSe2 Crystals....Pages 407-412
Subtraction of the CO2 Laser Radiation Frequencies in a ZnGeP2 Crystal....Pages 413-419
Self-controlled Volume Discharge Based Molecular Lasers Scaling....Pages 421-424
Back Matter....Pages 425-429
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