K. I. Arshinov, N. S. Leshenyuk, V. V. Nevdakh, “Calculation of the vibrational temperatures and populations of the laser-active levels of CO<sub>2</sub> from the spectral distribution of the gain”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1998, Volume 25, Number 8,Pages <nobr>679

This article is cited in 4 papers

Lasers. Active media

Calculation of the vibrational temperatures and populations of the laser-active levels of CO₂ from the spectral distribution of the gain

K. I. Arshinov^a, N. S. Leshenyuk^b, V. V. Nevdakh^c

^a Institute of Technical Acoustics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Vitebsk
^b International Sakharov Environmental University, Minsk
^c B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk

Abstract: The gains measured at the centres of vibrational — rotational lines of the main bands of the CO₂ molecule were used to determine, by the least-squares method, the populations of the laser-active levels and the vibrational temperatures of the active medium of a cw electric-discharge CO₂ laser.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 33.15.Mt, 33.20.Ea

Received: 18.02.1998