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Lasers

Experimental study of a nonchain HF laser on heavy hydrocarbons

V. D. Bulaev^a, V. V. Kulikov^a, V. N. Petin^a, V. I. Yugov<sup>b

a</sup> Federal State Enterprise «State Testing Laser Centre "Raduga"»
^b Vladimir State University

Abstract: The output characteristics of a nonchain electric-discharge, closed cycle HF laser operating under pulsed and repetitively pulsed pumping with a rate of discharge current rise of ~ 10¹⁰ A s^-1 are experimentally studied. Using an anisotropically resistive cathode, a specific input energy of 200 J litre^-1 in mixtures of heavy hydrocarbons with SF₆ [SF₆ — (C₃H₈ + C₄H₁₀) ] was obtained. An unstable telescopic cavity provided a nearly diffraction-limited divergence.

PACS: 42.55.Ks, 42.60.Jf

Received: 10.09.2000

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2001, 31:3, 218–220

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