Electron-beam controlled discharge lasers and laser amplifiers on CO 2 , CO, and N 2 O molecular gases

Abstract

i'he latest results on studying EBCD lasers on C02, CO, N20 molecular gases carried out at the Gas Lasers Lab. of Lebedev Institute are reported. EI3CD CO2 isotope lasers, cryogenic and supersonic cooled, pulsed and pulse repetition CO lasers arid amplifiers, high efficiency N20 lasers have been investigated. High power N20 laser has been created with the energy, specific output and efficiency of 106 3, 36 J/i'Amagat, lOX, respectively. pulsed and pulse-repetition EBCD CO lasers, "master oscillator-amplifier" CO laser systems. High values of energy and efficiency oi lasing were achieved in pulsed EBCD N2O lasers. 2. EBCD CO2 LASERS The investigations of EBCD CO2 lasers are being carried out at the Gas Lasers lab. on two directions: the creation and investigation of pulsed SPIE Vol. 1225 High-Power Gas Lasers (1990) / 389 Downloaded From: http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/ on 07/04/2016 Terms of Use: http://spiedigitallibrary.org/ss/TermsOfUse.aspx 396 / SPIE Vol. 1225 High-Power Gas Lasers (1990) Downloaded From: http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/ on 07/04/2016 Terms of Use: http://spiedigitallibrary.org/ss/TermsOfUse.aspx overtone of CO molecule was not studied. The investigations of high-power N20 lasers which stimulated the creation of a pulsed N20 laser with energy '' 450 J 15 are making, in fact, only the first steps. The pulsed N20 lasers may find application for laser pumping of the far JR lasers, and be the alternative to CO2 lasers in solving the problems connected with radiation transport through the atmosphere. 6. REFERENCES 1 . N.G. Rasov, E. M. l3elenov, V. A. Danilychev, A. F.Suchkov. Kvant.Elekrori., N 3, 121 (1971)(in Russ.).