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Non-chain HF (DF) lasers are the most suitable and ecologically safe source of powerful and energetic coherent radiation in the 2.6–3.1 μm (HF laser) and 3.5–4.1 μm (DF laser) spectral regions. Among the different methods of HF (DF) pulse and pulse-periodic laser creation suggested by our team under the guidance of Academician A.M. Prokhorov was self-sustained volume discharge (SSVD).
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Apollonov, V. (2018). High Power/Energy HF (DF) Lasers. In: High-Conductivity Channels in Space. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 103. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02952-4_16
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