CO2 laser initiated by a gliding discharge
Andreev S.I. , Belousova I.M. , Dashuk P.N. , Zaroslov D.Yu., Zobov E.A. , Karlov N.V. , Kuz'min G.P. , Nikiforov S.M., Prokhorov A.M. , Sidorov A.N., Chelnokov L.L., Yarysheva M.D.
We report initiation of an autonomous volume discharge in the working mixture of a C02 laser by the radiation of a gliding discharge. Lasing is obtained at working-mixture pressures up to 105 atm. At an energy input to the volume discharge up to 150 J/literatm, the output radiation energy amounted to 10 J/literatm.