Apollonov V. High-Energy Molecular Lasers: Self-Controlled Volume-Discharge Lasers and Applications

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2016. – 445 p. – ISBN10: 3319333577Describes how to design high-power molecular lasers
Presents ways to control laser efficiency and laser beam quality
Covers many patented new applications of self-controlled volume-discharge lasers
This book displays the physics and design of high-power molecular lasers. The lasers described are self-controlled volume-discharge lasers. The book explains self-sustained discharge lasers, self-initiated discharge lasers and technical approaches to laser design. Important topics discussed are laser efficiency, laser beam quality and electric field homogeneity. The book contains many new innovative applications.
Topics
Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics
Classical Electrodynamics, Wave Phenomena
Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction
Microwaves, RF and Optical EngineeringHigh Energy Pulsed CO₂ Lasers
Carbon Dioxide Laser with an Output Energy of 3 kJ, Excited in Matched Regime
SSVD in Long Gaps Containing CO₂–N₂–He Mixtures
Carbon Dioxide Laser with a Variable Output Pulse Duration
Efficiency of Utilization of Certain Readily Ionized Substances for Discharge Stabilization in CO Lasers
Electric Discharge CO₂ Laser with a Large Radiating Aperture
Formation of an SSVD with Intense Ultraviolet Irradiation of the Cathode Region
High-Energy Electric-Discharge CO₂ Laser with Easily Ionizable Substances Added to the Mixture
Formation of a Spatially Homogeneous Discharge in Large-Volume CO₂ –N₂ –He Gas Mixtures
Stability of an SSVD in a CO₂ –N₂ –He Gas Mixture with Easily Ionizable Additives
Formation of an SSVD for the Pumping of CO₂ Lasers
Mechanism of Formation of an SSVD Initiated by a Barrier Discharge Distributed on the Surface of a Cathode
Formation of an SSVD for Pumping of Gas Lasers in Compact Electrode Systems
Large-Aperture CO₂ Amplifier
Dynamic Profiling of an Electric Field in the Case of Formation of an SSVD Under Conditions of Strong Ionization of the Electrode Regions
Small-Signal Gain of CO₂ Lasers Pumped by an SSVD
Feasibility of Increasing the Interelectrode Distance in an SSVD by Filling the Discharge Gap with Electrons
Influence of Easily Ionizable Substances on the Stability of an SSVD in Working CO₂ Laser Mixtures
Dynamics of Population of the A³R u 1 Nitrogen Metastable State in an SSVD of a Pulsed CO₂ Laser
High-Energy Molecular Lasers Pumped by an SSVD
N₂O Laser Pumped by an SSVD
CO₂ - and N₂ O-Lasers with Preliminary Filling of the Gap by Electrons
Modeling of Large-Aperture CO₂ -Lasers
High Energy HF/DF Lasers
Non-chain High Radiation Energy Electric-Discharge HF(DF) Lasers
SIVD in Nonchain HF Lasers Based on SF₆ –Hydrocarbon Mixtures
Discharge Characteristics in a Nonchain HF(DF) Laser
Ion–Ion Recombination in SF₆ and in SF₆ –C2H6 Mixtures for High Values of E/N
SSVD Instability of Nonchain HF(DF) Laser Mixture
Dynamics of a SIVD in Mixtures of Sulfur Hexafluoride with Hydrocarbons
High-Energy Nonchain HF(DF) Lasers Initiated by SSVD
SSVDs in Strongly Electronegative Gases
High-Energy Pulse and Pulse-Periodic Nonchain HF/DF Lasers
UV-Preionization in Nonchain HF Lasers with a SSVD to Initiate Chemical Reaction
Short Pulse Laser Systems
Selection of High-Power Nanosecond Pulses from Large-Aperture CO₂ Oscillators
Nanosecond Pulse Transmission of Buffered SF₆ at 10.6 lm
Nanosecond-Pulse CO₂ Laser System Based on an Injection-Mode-Locked Oscillator
Numerical Simulation of Regenerative Amplification of Nanosecond Pulses in a CO₂ Laser
Regenerative CO₂ Amplifier of a Nanosecond Pulse Train
Regenerative CO₂ Amplifier with Controlled Pulse Duration
Efficiency of an Electric-Discharge N₂ Laser
Applications
Stimulation of a Heterogeneous Reaction of Decomposition of Ammonia on the Surface of Platinum by CO₂ Laser Radiation
Influence of the Pumping Regime on Lasing of an He-Xe Optical-Breakdown Plasma
Formation of the Active Medium in Lasers with Rare-Gas Mixtures Pumped by Optical Breakdown
Low-Threshold Generation of Harmonics and Hard X-Ray Radiation in Laser Plasma
Probe Investigations of Close-to-Surface Plasma Produced by CO₂ -Laser Nanosecond Pulse Train
Interaction of CO₂ Laser Nanosecond Pulse Train with the Metallic Targets in Optical Breakdown Regime
Wide Aperture Picosecond CO₂ Laser System
Lasers for Industrial, Scientific and Ecological Use
Generation of a Submillimeter Half-Cycle Radiation Pulse
High Power CO₂ -Laser Radiation Conversion with AgGaSe2 and AgGa_1−x InxSe2 Crystals
Subtraction of the CO₂ Laser Radiation Frequencies in a ZnGeP2 Crystal
Self-controlled Volume Discharge Based Molecular Lasers Scaling