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Electrical Gas-Dynamic Lasers with Thermal Ionization

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Book cover Theoretical Problems in the Spectroscopy and Gas Dynamics of Lasers

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Abstract

The possibility of a gas-dynamic laser with electrical excitation of a thermally ionized gas is studied in detail. The conditions for initiating a spatially uniform discharge in a supersonic flow without the use of external preionizers are discussed. It is shown that energy transfer from the electrons to the vibrational degrees of freedom of molecules is highly efficient. The efficiency of lasers using this effect is three times that of ordinary gas-dynamic lasers.

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  1. P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

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Biryukov, A.S., Marchenko, V.M., Shelepin, L.A. (1977). Electrical Gas-Dynamic Lasers with Thermal Ionization. In: Basov, N.G. (eds) Theoretical Problems in the Spectroscopy and Gas Dynamics of Lasers. The Lebedev Physics Institute Series, vol 83. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6819-0_3

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