V. V. Osipov, V. V. Lisenkov, V. V. Platonov, “Numerical simulation of a CO laser pumped by a medium-pressure combined discharge”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2002, Volume 32, Number 2,Pages <nobr>107

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Lasers, active media

Numerical simulation of a CO laser pumped by a medium-pressure combined discharge

V. V. Osipov, V. V. Lisenkov, V. V. Platonov

Institute of Electrophysics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg

Abstract: A model of a pulsed CO laser pumped by a medium-pressure combined discharge at room temperature is discussed. The optimum parameters of the active medium (pressure, specific energy input, and the ratio E/p for different mixtures) at which the calculated efficiency for a mixture with the composition CO:He=1:3 amounts to 14% are calculated. The dependence of the output parameters on the additions of nitrogen and xenon to the working mixture is analysed.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.Jf, 42.60.Lh

Received: 08.02.2000
Revised: 10.12.2001