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Propagation of laser-absorption waves in a gas

E. A. Berchenko, A. P. Sobolev, B. T. Fedyushin


Abstract: The theory of double discontinuities is used to analyze possible quasisteady (with a rarefaction wave) flows which appear in the ambient atmosphere under the action of laser radiation. The limits of existence of various regimes are determined and it is shown that transitions between them may be characterized by hysteresis. The calculated dependences are confirmed experimentally.

UDC: 533.951

PACS: 51.70.+f, 42.10.Ke, 42.60.He

Received: 25.10.1978

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1979, 9:7, 907–908