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Influence of the addition of xenon on the discharge and lasing characteristics of a TEA CO₂ laser

L. P. Babich^ab, I. M. Kutsyk<sup>ab

a</sup> All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics, Arzamas-16, Nizhny Novgorod region
^b Branch 4 of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Arzamas-16, Nizhni Novgorod Region

Abstract: Computer simulation was used to study the mechanism of the influence of small amounts of Xe on the discharge and lasing characteristics of pulsed electric-discharge TEA CO₂ lasers. The addition of Xe to an active mixture can have positive effects: it can reduce the discharge voltage and improve the lasing characteristics.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.By

Received: 17.09.1993

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1994, 24:6, 507–509

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