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Investigation of the composition of plasmas in the gaseous discharge of carbon dioxide lasers
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Electron energy distribution in discharges used for CO2 lasers
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Amplification and selection of spectral lines emitted by water-cooled co-laser
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Determining population of OH-radical levels by the method of bright-line absorption and emission, taking into account unresolved doublet structure
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Gasdynamic CS2 laser with an aim of increasing the efficiency and expanding the spectral range of lasers of this type
The gasdynamic CS2 laser is investigated theoretically and experimentally. It is theoretically demonstrated that the efficiency of the gasdynamic lasers can be increased by using molecules with lower-lying laser ...
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Analysis of data on the vibrational-relaxation constants in CO2−N2−H2O mixtures, and optimization of a gasdynamic CO2 laser
The optimum stagnation parameters and compositions of the C02-N2-H20 mixture are optimized on the basis of data on the vibrational-relaxation constants. The influence of the uncertainty in the relaxation constant...
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Guided waves and IR lasers
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Waveguide gas lasers with frequency-selective cavities
Frequency-selective cavities of waveguide gas lasers are investigated theoretically and experimentally. The problem of finding the field distribution and the radiation loss in a cavity with a diffraction grati...
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Kinetics of formation of the CO2 molecule distributions over the vibrational-rotational levels in the active medium of a waveguide CO2 laser
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The Influence of the Finite Size of the Light Spot on the Laser Induced Reorientation of Liquid Crystals
The threshold intensity for the laser induced deformation of nematic liquid crystals is calculated as a function of the spot size of the illuminating beam. It is shown, that due to the small size of the light ...
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Reorientation of Liquid Crystals by Superposed Optical and Quasistatic Electric Fields
The electric field of a CW laser beam can reorient a nematic liquid crystal. Experiments on the influence of a superposed quasistatic electric field are reported showing that this can reinforce or weaken the l...
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The effect of an optical field on the nematic phase of the liquid crystal OCBP
We have observed a complex structure and an extraordinarily large divergence (30–40°) of an argon-laser beam emerging from an OCBP crystal placed at a focal constriction. The experimental results can be explai...
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Undamped oscillations of NLC director in the field of an ordinary light wave
We have investigated experimentally some characteristic features of orientational aberration self-focusing of an ordinary light wave in a homotropically oriented NLC. A qualitative explanation of these feature...