Lasers developed in the Institute of Atmospheric Optics of the SB RAS (a review)

The results of research on the development of the first electric discharge lasers on active media N2, CO2, Cu, CuBr and excimer molecules at the Institute of Atmospheric Optics named after V. E. Zueva SB RAS are given. It created one of the world's first Cu-lasers with a pulse production of copper vapors due to the explosion of conductors and a transverse excitation discharge. For a copper laser, record specific generation parameters were obtained almost equal to the limit: radiation energy 2.4 J/l, peak power 120 MW/l with an efficiency of 0.16 %. For the CuBr laser operating in frequency mode, for the first time, an average radiation power of more than 100 W was obtained. In the dual pulse excitation mode, conditions were found that limit the growth of the efficiency of the CuBr laser. For him, a record efficiency of 2.7 % was obtained. For the first time, a nitrogen laser was developed with a maximum efficiency of 0.27 % with an energy of 0.8 mJ, a peak power of 160 kW. For the first time, a miniature XeCl laser with a longitudinal excitation discharge was developed, which worked both with and without buffer gases He, Ne and Ar.

Нерезонансное обращение волнового фронта света в оптически возбужденных пленках ZnO

The opportunity of the nonresonant phase conjugation of light (NPC) in the excited semiconductor was shown theoretical and experimental. The induced NPC of light in the visibal and infrared spectral region was detected on the ZnO epitaxial films at room temperature by nitrogen laser pumping. The dependences of the NPC signal intensity on its photon energy and on the intensity of laser pumping were investigated. This effect explanation was given: change of absorption and refraction of the light on the laser induced free carriers in the semiconductor.

Measurements of Gaseous Hydrogen–Nitrogen Laser-Plasma

This work communicates laser-plasma experiments in a gaseous mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen. Time-resolved spectroscopy measures the first four Balmer-series hydrogen lines together with selected neutral and ionized nitrogen lines. Optical breakdown plasma is generated in a 1:1 hydrogen:nitrogen mixture at ambient temperature and 0.27-atm pressure. Time-resolved spectroscopy records emitted radiation with spatial resolution along the slit height for the H α , H β , H γ , and H δ lines. For 13 selected time delays from 0.25 μ s to 3.25 μ s and 0.025 μ s gate-widths, micro-plasma diagnostics is evaluated. Of interest are the peak separation and width of H δ and width of H γ for electron densities in the range of 0.1 to 1.0 × 10 17 cm - 3 , and comparisons with H β and H α diagnostics. Integral inversions interrogate spatial distributions of the plasma expansion. Applications include laboratory and stellar astrophysics plasma diagnosis.

Measurements of Gaseous Hydrogen-Nitrogen Laser-Plasma

This work communicates laser-plasma experiments in a gaseous mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen. Time-resolved spectroscopy measures the first four Balmer series hydrogen lines together with selected neutral and ionized nitrogen lines. Optical breakdown plasma is generated in a 1:1 hydrogen:nitrogen mixture at ambient temperature and 0.27-atm pressure. Time-resolved spectroscopy records emitted radiation with spatial resolution along the slit height for the Hα, Hβ, Hγ, and Hδ lines. For 13 selected time delays from 0.25 µs to 3.25 µs and 0.025 µ gate-widths, micro-plasma diagnostics is evaluated. Of interest are the peak-separation and width of Hδ and width of Hγ for electron densities in the range of 0.1 to 1.0×1017 cm-3, and comparisons with Hβ and Hα diagnostics. Integral inversions interrogate spatial distributions of the plasma expansion. Applications include laboratory and stellar astrophysics plasma diagnosis.