High Energy Ecologically Safe HF/DF Lasers Physics of Self Initiated Volume Discharge Based HF/DF Lasers /

This book explores new principles of Self-Initiating Volume Discharge for creating high-energy non-chain HF(DF) lasers, as well as the creation of highly efficient lasers with output energy and radiation power in the spectral region of 2.6-5 m. Today, sources of high-power lasing in this spectral re...

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Main Author: Apollonov, Victor V.
Other Authors: Kazantsev, Sergey Yu
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton : CRC Press LLC, 2020.
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Online Access:Taylor & Francis
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. High-energy HF (DF) Lasers with Non-chain Chemical Reaction (Literature Review)
  • 1.1. Chemical HF(DF) lasers. (The Principle of Operation and General Characteristics)
  • 1.2. HF (DF) Lasers with the Initiation of Non-chain Chemical Reaction by Electric Discharge
  • 1.3. The Problem of Increasing the Energy Characteristics of Non-chain HF Lasers
  • 1.4. Search for Methods for SSVD formation in the Working Mixtures of HF(DF) Laser
  • 1.5. P-P Non-chain HF (DF) Lasers with a High Pulse Repetition Rate
  • 2. Self-initiated Volume Discharge in Working Environments of Non-chain HF(DF) Lasers
  • 2.1. SIVD in Highly Electronegative Gases (Methods of Preparation and Basic Properties)
  • 2.1.1. Description of Experimental Facilities and Experimental Techniques
  • 2.1.2. General Characteristics of SIVD
  • 2.1.3 Effect of UV Illumination on SSVD Characteristics
  • 2.1.4. Investigation of the Stability of SIVD in SF[sub(6)] and Mixtures Based on it
  • 2.1.5. Dynamics of the Formation of SIVD
  • 2.1.6 Factors Affecting the Spatial Homogeneity of SIVD in SF[sub(6)] Mixtures with Hydrocarbons
  • 2.1.7. Influence of the Inhomogeneity of the Electric Field in the Gap on the Stability of SIVD
  • 2.2. Numerical Simulation of the SIVD in SF[sub(6)]-based gas Mixtures
  • 2.2.1 Calculation of the Characteristics of SIVD in the Working Mixtures of HF Laser
  • 2.2.2. Modelling of the Channel Structure of SIVD in SF[sub(6)] and mixtures based on it
  • 2.3. Qualitative Analysis of the Mechanisms for Limiting the Current Density in the Diffuse Channel in SF[sub(6)]
  • 3. Effect of Limiting Current Density in the Diffusion Channel
  • 3.1. Study of the Characteristics of a single Diffuse Channel in SF[sub(6)] and Mixtures Based on it
  • 3.1.1 Description of Experimental Installations and Experimental Techniques
  • 3.1.2. Investigation of the Characteristics of a Single Diffuse Channel Unlimited by External Walls
  • 3.1.3. Investigation of the Characteristics of the Diffuse Channel Bounded by External Walls
  • 3.1.4. Numerical Simulation of Limited SSVD
  • 3.1.5. Analysis of the Results
  • 3.2. Characteristics of the SSVD Under Conditions of Strong Population of Vibrationally Excited States of SF[sub(6)] Molecules
  • 3.2.1. Experimental Setup and Experimental Methods
  • 3.2.2. Determination of CO[sub(2)] Laser Energy Absorbed in the Discharge Gap
  • 3.2.3. Investigation of the effect of CO[sub(2)] Laser Radiation on the Combustion Voltage of SSVD in SF and Mixtures based on it
  • 3.2.4. The Role of the Electron Attachment Process to Vibrationally Excited SF[sub(6)] Molecules in the Effect of Limiting the Current Density
  • 3.2.5. Analysis of the Results