The role of CO in CO2 lasers

P. Avivi*, F. Dothan-Deutsch, L. Friedland, H. Keren

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Abstract

The population inversion in a CO2-He glow discharge has been calculated, taking into account CO produced by dissociation in the discharge. The calculation was based on experimentally determined electron energy distributions and the measured effective relaxation constant of CO2 (001). It is shown that the population inversion is negligible in the absence of CO.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)22-24
Number of pages3
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume42
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Nov 1972

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