Results of investigations into the development of effective N2-lasers pumped by a longitudinal discharge with specific pump powers exceeding 3 MW/cm3 are presented. It is shown that the main reason… Click to show full abstract
Results of investigations into the development of effective N2-lasers pumped by a longitudinal discharge with specific pump powers exceeding 3 MW/cm3 are presented. It is shown that the main reason that limits the duration and energy of the output beam is unstable burning of the diffusion discharge in these modes of laser operation. Methods of forming the diffusion discharge are proposed that allow the lasing pulse duration to be increased from 5 to 20 ns.
               
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