Active media

Useful volume of a recombination-pumped short-wavelength laser active medium formed from a cluster cloud

M. L. Shmatov

Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg

Abstract: An investigation is reported of a short-wavelength laser with recombination pumping of its active medium which is formed from a cloud of identical randomly distributed clusters. The maximum useful volume of the active medium is estimated to be 4.6%. It is assumed that the amplification occurs in isolated plasma balls formed from separate clusters.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.55.Vc, 52.75.Va

Received: 01.11.1996

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1997, 27:4, 302–303

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