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| | 2 | (2) |
| | 4 | (5) |
| | 5 | (1) |
| | 5 | (1) |
| | 5 | (2) |
| Electron Events in Discharge |
| | 7 | (2) |
| | 9 | (6) |
| Quantized States of Atoms |
| | 9 | (2) |
| Quantized States of Molecules |
| | 11 | (1) |
| Vibrational States of Diatomic Molecules |
| | 11 | (2) |
| Rotational States of a Diatomic Molecule |
| | 13 | (2) |
| | 15 | (4) |
| | 16 | (1) |
| Collisional (Pressure) Broadening |
| | 16 | (1) |
| | 17 | (2) |
| | 19 | (3) |
| Laser Action---A Simple Model |
| | 22 | (4) |
| | 23 | (1) |
| | 24 | (1) |
| | 25 | (1) |
| Multimode Operation of Lasers |
| | 25 | (1) |
| | 25 | (1) |
| | 26 | (1) |
| | 27 | (8) |
| | 28 | (2) |
| Pulse Discharge Excitation |
| | 30 | (4) |
| | 34 | (1) |
| | 34 | (1) |
| | 35 | (1) |
| | 35 | (1) |
| | 35 | (4) |
| | 36 | (1) |
| | 37 | (1) |
| | 37 | (2) |
| | 39 | (122) |
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| | 40 | (8) |
| | 40 | (1) |
| Supersonic Lasers' Main Structural Units (GDL, DF(HF), COIL) |
| | 40 | (2) |
| Special Features of Supersonic Lasers |
| | 42 | (6) |
| Flow Structure in the Laser Cavity after MNB |
| | 48 | (37) |
| | 48 | (1) |
| Blade Nozzle Bank and Two-Dimensional Flow Pattern |
| | 48 | (1) |
| | 48 | (1) |
| | 48 | (3) |
| Average Parameter Distributions in a Flow |
| | 51 | (12) |
| Impact of Real Blade Nozzle Bank Assembly Defects on Flow Gas Dynamics |
| | 63 | (5) |
| Three-Dimensional Structure of Flow after SNB |
| | 68 | (1) |
| Models and Their Geometry |
| | 68 | (2) |
| Pressure Field Measurement Results---Overall Pattern |
| | 70 | (4) |
| Base Pressure and Pressure Recovery in the Channel Located behind the Screen Banks |
| | 74 | (4) |
| Flow Pulsation Characteristics behind the Nozzle Banks |
| | 78 | (7) |
| Optical Quality of Flow in the Laser Cavity after MNB |
| | 85 | (26) |
| | 85 | (1) |
| Objectives of Aero-Optics for SGL Lasers |
| | 86 | (6) |
| On Experimental Methods of Optical Quality Research |
| | 92 | (2) |
| Asymptotic Estimation of the Radiation Scattered Portion Behavior on Flow Probing behind the BNB |
| | 94 | (1) |
| Optical Quality of Supersonic Flows behind the BNB |
| | 95 | (5) |
| Optical Quality of Supersonic Flows behind the SNB |
| | 100 | (11) |
| Problem of Mixing in the Nozzles of Supersonic Chemical Lasers |
| | 111 | (10) |
| | 111 | (1) |
| Mixing Process Features in the Chemical Laser Case |
| | 111 | (4) |
| Injection into the Cross-Flow in the Narrow Channel Conditions |
| | 115 | (6) |
| Resonators of High-Power SGL Lasers |
| | 121 | (11) |
| Classifications of the Powerful Laser Resonators |
| | 121 | (2) |
| Large-Scale Nonuniformities' Influence on Unstable Resonator Operation |
| | 123 | (4) |
| Small-Scale Nonuniformities' Influence on Unstable Resonator Operation |
| | 127 | (4) |
| | 131 | (1) |
| Pressure Recovery Systems for Chemical SGL |
| | 132 | (29) |
| | 132 | (2) |
| | 134 | (4) |
| | 138 | (2) |
| | 140 | (2) |
| | 142 | (1) |
| Problem of Operation of Laser with PRS |
| | 143 | (1) |
| Necessary Conditions for PRS Start |
| | 143 | (2) |
| | 145 | (5) |
| Some Technical Problems in Operation of Lasers with PRS |
| | 150 | (4) |
| | 154 | (7) |
| | 161 | (22) |
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| | 161 | (1) |
| Basic Equations and Methodologies |
| | 162 | (7) |
| | 162 | (1) |
| | 162 | (2) |
| | 164 | (3) |
| | 167 | (2) |
| | 169 | (6) |
| Stable Resonators with Spherical Optics |
| | 170 | (1) |
| Unstable Resonators with Spherical Optics |
| | 171 | (1) |
| Specific Classes of Resonators |
| | 172 | (3) |
| Gain Saturation and Mode-Medium Interaction Effects |
| | 175 | (8) |
| | 179 | (4) |
| | 183 | (18) |
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| General Aspect of Ionized Gas Discharge |
| | 183 | (5) |
| Self-Sustained vs. Non-Self-Sustained Discharges |
| | 188 | (2) |
| | 190 | (2) |
| | 192 | (4) |
| Radio-Frequency Excitation Circuits vs. DC Glow Discharge |
| | 196 | (5) |
| | 198 | (3) |
| Electric Discharge CO Lasers |
| | 201 | (38) |
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| | 201 | (1) |
| | 202 | (1) |
| Mechanism of Formation of Inversion Population in Electric Discharge CO Laser |
| | 203 | (6) |
| Small-Signal Gain and CO Laser Spectrum |
| | 209 | (5) |
| Pulsed Mode of CO Laser Operation |
| | 214 | (1) |
| Theoretical Model of Electric Discharge CO Laser |
| | 215 | (5) |
| Experimental Research and Development of Fundamental Band CO Lasers |
| | 220 | (8) |
| Research and Development of Overtone CO Lasers |
| | 228 | (11) |
| | 230 | (9) |
| DC-Excited Continuous-Wave Conventional and RF-Excited Waveguide CO2 Lasers |
| | 239 | (48) |
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| | 240 | (47) |
| | 240 | (2) |
| Regular, Sequence, and Hot Transitions |
| | 242 | (2) |
| Isotope Spectral Displacement |
| | 244 | (1) |
| Basic Spectral and Gain Parameters of CO2 Laser Media |
| | 244 | (1) |
| Sealed-Off Conditions of a CO2 Laser |
| | 245 | (1) |
| The CO2 Laser Structure---Mechanical, Electrical, and Optical |
| | 246 | (4) |
| Tuning and Single-Frequency Operation |
| | 250 | (2) |
| Frequency Stabilization of a CO2 Laser |
| | 252 | (5) |
| RF-Excited Waveguide CO2 Laser |
| | 257 | (1) |
| Waveguide Modes in Rectangular Symmetry |
| | 258 | (1) |
| | 259 | (4) |
| | 263 | (4) |
| Basic Data of Waveguide CO2 Lasers |
| | 267 | (1) |
| RF-Excited Waveguide CO2 Laser Arrays |
| | 268 | (1) |
| RF-Excited Slab-Waveguide CO2 Lasers |
| | 269 | (1) |
| | 270 | (2) |
| Slabs without Sidewalls---Large-Area Lasers |
| | 272 | (1) |
| Sealed-Off Diffusion-Cooled RF Transversally Excited All-Metal CO2 Lasers |
| | 273 | (1) |
| Temperature Distributions |
| | 273 | (3) |
| Dynamics of the CO2 Laser |
| | 276 | (2) |
| Pulsed RF Excitation of Waveguide and Slab-Waveguide Lasers |
| | 278 | (1) |
| | 278 | (2) |
| Microwave Excitation of CO2 Lasers |
| | 280 | (1) |
| Some Practical Formulas---Optical Properties of CO2:N2:He Mixtures |
| | 281 | (2) |
| | 283 | (4) |
| High-Power Electric CO2 Lasers |
| | 287 | (54) |
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| | 287 | (54) |
| Introduction and Historical Background |
| | 288 | (1) |
| Technical Discussion: Early Developments |
| | 288 | (5) |
| Basic Theory of Power Extraction |
| | 293 | (2) |
| Maximizing Power or Efficiency |
| | 295 | (1) |
| Optimal Use of Compressible Gas Dynamic Effects |
| | 296 | (4) |
| | 300 | (3) |
| Cavity Design Examples Pertaining to Continuous Transsonic Flow Axial Lasers |
| | 303 | (3) |
| Some Pressure Scaling Considerations |
| | 306 | (1) |
| Production and Control of Very Uniform, Large-Volume, High-Pressure Plasmas with Large Specific Power Input |
| | 306 | (5) |
| First 20 KW Class Compact Laser |
| | 311 | (3) |
| Alternative Means of Large-Volume, High-Pressure Plasma Stabilization |
| | 314 | (2) |
| | 316 | (4) |
| Electron Beam Ionized CO2 Lasers |
| | 320 | (3) |
| Controlled Avalanche Ionization Lasers |
| | 323 | (1) |
| Compact Giant Single-Pulsed CO2 Lasers |
| | 323 | (1) |
| Compact, High-Repetition Rate CO2 Lasers |
| | 324 | (1) |
| Compact, Continuous, Controlled Avalanche Ionized CO2 Lasers |
| | 325 | (3) |
| Special Problems Associated with Very High Continuous Power |
| | 328 | (5) |
| Mode--Media Instabilities |
| | 333 | (4) |
| Suggested Methodologies to Eliminate Mode--Media Interaction Instabilities |
| | 337 | (1) |
| Promising Areas of Development for the Future |
| | 338 | (1) |
| | 339 | (2) |
| Hydrogen and Deuterium Fluoride Chemical Lasers |
| | 341 | (28) |
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| | 341 | (4) |
| Physics and Chemistry of Combustion Driven Continuous Wave Chemical Lasers |
| | 345 | (4) |
| Fluid Mechanics of Chemical Lasers |
| | 349 | (9) |
| | 350 | (1) |
| Nozzle Flow (Laser Cavity Injectors) and Lasing Cavity Flow |
| | 350 | (6) |
| | 356 | (2) |
| Modeling of Chemical Lasers |
| | 358 | (11) |
| | 358 | (2) |
| Equations for Reacting, Lasing Flow |
| | 360 | (2) |
| | 362 | (1) |
| | 362 | (2) |
| | 364 | (1) |
| Simplified Fluid Dynamics and Detailed Resonator Models |
| | 364 | (1) |
| Simplified Optics and Detailed Flow Models |
| | 364 | (1) |
| | 365 | (1) |
| | 366 | (3) |
| Excimer and Exciplex Lasers |
| | 369 | (44) |
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| | 370 | (1) |
| | 371 | (8) |
| | 371 | (1) |
| | 371 | (1) |
| First, Second, and Third Continua in Rare Gases |
| | 372 | (1) |
| | 373 | (1) |
| Threshold Characteristics |
| | 373 | (2) |
| Simplest Model of the Active Medium |
| | 375 | (2) |
| Quasi-Steady Regime and Afterglow |
| | 377 | (1) |
| | 377 | (1) |
| Experiments on Liquid Xenon |
| | 377 | (1) |
| Principal Conditions in Experiments on High-Pressure Gases |
| | 378 | (1) |
| Factors Causing Suppression of Lasing |
| | 378 | (1) |
| | 378 | (1) |
| | 379 | (1) |
| | 379 | (22) |
| | 379 | (1) |
| Start of Rare-Halide Lasers |
| | 379 | (1) |
| The Structure of Potential Curves |
| | 380 | (1) |
| | 381 | (2) |
| On the Modeling of the Active Medium |
| | 383 | (1) |
| Pumping with a Hard Ionizer |
| | 383 | (2) |
| | 385 | (1) |
| Description of the Kinetics of the Active Medium |
| | 385 | (2) |
| Specific Features of the Kinetics of Exciplex Lasers |
| | 387 | (1) |
| | 387 | (4) |
| | 391 | (3) |
| | 394 | (3) |
| An XeF Laser (351, 353 nm) |
| | 397 | (2) |
| Other Types of Exciplex Lasers Using Halides of Rare Gases |
| | 399 | (2) |
| Pulse Repetition Discharge Exciplex Lasers |
| | 401 | (1) |
| | 401 | (1) |
| | 401 | (1) |
| | 402 | (11) |
| | 402 | (11) |
| | 413 | (36) |
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| | 413 | (2) |
| Overview of Iodine Lasers |
| | 413 | (2) |
| Basic Physics of Atomic Iodine Lasers |
| | 415 | (1) |
| | 416 | (3) |
| Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers |
| | 419 | (11) |
| | 419 | (2) |
| | 421 | (1) |
| Chemistry of Singlet Oxygen Production |
| | 421 | (1) |
| Theory and Modeling of O2(1ΔG) Generators |
| | 422 | (1) |
| Iodine Dissociation Kinetics |
| | 423 | (4) |
| | 427 | (1) |
| | 427 | (3) |
| | 430 | (1) |
| | 431 | (1) |
| | 432 | (1) |
| The All Gas-Phase Iodine Laser |
| | 432 | (4) |
| | 432 | (1) |
| Demonstration of I Atom Inversion and Laser Oscillation |
| | 433 | (3) |
| Electric Oxygen Iodine Lasers |
| | 436 | (2) |
| | 438 | (11) |
| | 438 | (1) |
| | 438 | (11) |
| | 449 | (48) |
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| | 450 | (1) |
| | 451 | (7) |
| History of the Development of MVLs |
| | 451 | (1) |
| Methods for Obtaining Metal Atoms in the Gas Phase |
| | 452 | (1) |
| | 452 | (1) |
| Dissociation of Metal Chemical Compounds |
| | 453 | (1) |
| | 453 | (1) |
| Electric Gas-Discharges Used for Excitation in MVLs |
| | 453 | (1) |
| | 454 | (1) |
| | 454 | (1) |
| Hollow Cathode Discharges |
| | 455 | (1) |
| | 456 | (1) |
| Main Excitation Processes in the Plasma of MVLs |
| | 456 | (1) |
| | 457 | (1) |
| Charge Transfer and Penning Ionization |
| | 457 | (1) |
| Recombination of Doubly Charged Ions |
| | 458 | (1) |
| | 458 | (11) |
| MVLs on Self-Terminating Atomic and Ion Transitions |
| | 458 | (3) |
| CW Metal Vapor Ion Lasers |
| | 461 | (5) |
| | 466 | (3) |
| | 469 | (12) |
| | 469 | (1) |
| | 469 | (1) |
| | 470 | (1) |
| | 471 | (1) |
| | 471 | (1) |
| | 471 | (1) |
| | 472 | (1) |
| | 473 | (1) |
| Gas-Discharge Tubes for the Copper Laser |
| | 473 | (2) |
| Electric Power Supply Schemas for CVLs |
| | 475 | (1) |
| | 476 | (1) |
| Physical Processes in the CuBrVL |
| | 476 | (1) |
| CuBrVL Gas-Discharge Tubes |
| | 477 | (1) |
| Main Features of the CuBrVL |
| | 478 | (1) |
| Applications of Copper Lasers |
| | 478 | (1) |
| Precision Processing of Materials |
| | 479 | (1) |
| | 479 | (1) |
| | 480 | (1) |
| Laser Projection Microscope |
| | 480 | (1) |
| Companies Producing Copper Lasers |
| | 480 | (1) |
| | 481 | (8) |
| Laser Action with Cadmium Ions |
| | 481 | (1) |
| Historical Information about the He--Cd Laser |
| | 481 | (1) |
| Energy Level Diagram for the Cadmium Ion |
| | 481 | (1) |
| The Cataphoretic He--Cd Laser |
| | 481 | (2) |
| Lasing Mechanisms for the 441.6 and 325.0 nm Lines |
| | 483 | (1) |
| Designs of the He--Cd Cataphoretic Laser |
| | 483 | (2) |
| The Hollow Cathode He--Cd Ion Laser |
| | 485 | (1) |
| Mechanism of Laser Oscillation on the Cadmium Ion Lines in a Hollow Cathode |
| | 485 | (1) |
| Constructive Features of the HC He--Cd Laser |
| | 486 | (1) |
| The RF ``White'' He--Cd Laser |
| | 487 | (1) |
| Applications of the He--Cd Lasers and Company Producers |
| | 488 | (1) |
| Applications of the He--Cd Cataphoretic Laser |
| | 488 | (1) |
| Applications of the ``White'' He--Cd Laser |
| | 488 | (1) |
| Companies Producing He--Cd Lasers |
| | 488 | (1) |
| | 489 | (8) |
| | 489 | (1) |
| Laser Oscillation on Ion Transitions in Copper, Gold, and Silver |
| | 489 | (1) |
| | 490 | (1) |
| Principles of Laser Generation |
| | 490 | (1) |
| Copper Ion Laser with a Slotted HC |
| | 491 | (1) |
| Other Discharge Solutions for Generation of UV Copper Ion Laser Lines |
| | 492 | (1) |
| Applications and Production of Metal Vapor Ion Lasers Generating in the Deep UV |
| | 492 | (1) |
| | 493 | (4) |
| | 497 | (44) |
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| | 497 | (1) |
| | 498 | (9) |
| Constructions and Technology |
| | 498 | (2) |
| | 500 | (1) |
| Resonators in He--Ne Lasers; Mode Structure and Spectrum of Radiation |
| | 501 | (3) |
| Frequency Stabilization of He--Ne Lasers |
| | 504 | (3) |
| | 507 | (12) |
| Construction and Supply System of Ion Lasers |
| | 508 | (2) |
| Physics of Ion Lasers---Ar Ion Lasers |
| | 510 | (6) |
| | 516 | (1) |
| | 517 | (1) |
| Applications of Ion Lasers |
| | 518 | (1) |
| | 519 | (12) |
| | 519 | (3) |
| | 522 | (2) |
| | 524 | (2) |
| Representative FIR Transitions |
| | 526 | (1) |
| | 527 | (4) |
| Applications of FIR Lasers |
| | 531 | (1) |
| The Submillimeter HCN Laser |
| | 531 | (2) |
| | 533 | (2) |
| | 535 | (6) |
| | 537 | (4) |
| Index | | 541 | |
