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Diagnostics of active media of CO₂ lasers by the laser spectrograph method

V. V. Nevdakh

B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk

Abstract: An analysis is made of the results of diagnostics of the active medium of a waveguide CO₂ laser by the laser spectrograph method. It is shown that a simplified approach to this method has led to errors in determination of the translational and vibrational temperatures of CO₂ molecules and, consequently, to an incorrect understanding of the physical processes occurring in the active medium of the laser.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 52.80.Hc, 52.25.Rv

Received: 01.01.1996

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1996, 26:2, 187–188

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