Electron distributions in gas lasers
- 1 February 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 45 (2) , 781-791
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1663318
Abstract
Simplified models of collision processes are introduced which make possible closed‐form analyses of electron distributions in molecular gases. In particular, models are considered that approximate the collision processes in a diatomic gas and in a gas mixture resembling the He : N2 : CO2 laser. Expressions are obtained for the rates of excitation of the vibrational modes which include the effect of superelastic collisions. The results are illustrated by evaluating the V‐I characteristic and the efficiency of an E‐beam CO2 laser.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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