Vol. 17, issue 02-03, article # 26

Galeev R. S., Safiullin R. K. Numerical simulation of processes in gas discharge fast-flow СО2 lasers . // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 2004. V. 17. No. 02-03. P. 203-207.    PDF
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Abstract:

The paper discusses the results of numerical simulation of the processes in discharge chambers (DC) of the fast-flow CO2 lasers. The conditions of axial glow discharge in conical- and parallelepiped-shaped DCs are under study. It is shown that the output power and efficiency of the CO2 lasers can be increased by using conical tubes narrowed in the anode-cathode direction. For the parallelepiped-shaped DCs, two-dimensional flow in the narrow-channel approximation is considered. Two-dimensional distributions of vibrational and gas temperatures, as well as the degree of gas ionization inside DC, have been obtained.