Influence of H2 and HBr additives on Cu and CuB vapor lasers performance

Gennadiy S. Evtushenko; Dmitriy V. Shiyanov; Oleg V. Zhdaneev; Viktor B. Sukhanov

doi:10.1117/12.611077

23 March 2005 Influence of H₂ and HBr additives on Cu and CuB vapor lasers performance

Gennadiy S. Evtushenko, Dmitriy V. Shiyanov, Oleg V. Zhdaneev, Viktor B. Sukhanov

Proceedings Volume 5777, XV International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.611077
Event: XV International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers, 2004, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

Investigations of the output parameters of CuBr (Cu)+HBr laser systems have shown that HBr additives to the CuBr laser active medium result in an increase ofthe laser output power and efficiency that compares, in this case, with that of a CuBr laser with H₂ additives. It has been found that the vapor of working substance are additionally produced in gas-discharge tubes (GDTs) less than 2 cm in diameter due to expulsion of copper atoms from the GDT walls by HBr. The results of simulating the kinetics of the copper vapor laser active medium with HBr additives show that the enhancement of the laser performance parameters can be explained by the processes of chemical transformation of copper from the solid phase into the gas one.

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Gennadiy S. Evtushenko, Dmitriy V. Shiyanov, Oleg V. Zhdaneev, and Viktor B. Sukhanov "Influence of H₂ and HBr additives on Cu and CuB vapor lasers performance", Proc. SPIE 5777, XV International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers, (23 March 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.611077

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