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Scaling laws for the gain and saturation parameter of the active medium of a gas-discharge CO laser

È. N. Lotkova, V. V. Sokovikov


Abstract: The scaling laws are derived for the gain and saturation parameter of similar electric-discharge carbon monoxide lasers. The Doppler, Lorentzian, and mixed (Voigt) mechanisms of spectral line broadening are considered. The scaling laws are compared with the measured output power and gain of CO lasers which had cylindrical chambers of different diameters. The results obtained in this way agreed, within the limits of the experimental error, with the theoretical predictions.

UDC: 621.373.826.038.823

PACS: 42.55.Hq

Received: 07.06.1982

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1983, 13:5, 649–652

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