Brief Communications

Gasdynamic water-vapor-condensation laser

V. K. Konyukhov, A. M. Prokhorov, V. I. Tikhonov, V. N. Faizulaev


Abstract: A theoretical description is given of the principle of operation of a new laser which transforms the energy of the vapor-liquid phase transition into the energy of coherent electromagnetic radiation. The active medium represents unstable strongly excited condensation products formed during the flow of a vapor through a supersonic nozzle. It is shown that a population inversion of intermolecular vibrational levels is possible in water dimer molecules.

UDC: 621.375.826:536.423.4

PACS: 42.60.C

Received: 24.03.1975

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1975, 5:9, 1131–1132