HF (DF) ECOLOGICALLY SAFE HIGH-ENERGY/POWER LASERS: A REVIEW
VICTOR V. APOLLONOV *
A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, GPI RAS, Vavilov str. 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
S. YU KAZANTSEV
A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, GPI RAS, Vavilov str. 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The following review is focused on two fundamental problems investigated by our team:
- The formation of a scalable self-sustained volume discharge in strongly electronegative gases and the creation of wide-aperture high-energy non-chain HF (DF) chemical lasers;
- The generation spectrum of a non-chain HF(DF) chemical lasers expanding and creating lasers with high energy per pulse, pulsed and average power in the spectral range > 4.1 μ
Keywords: High energy/power lasers, non-chain chemical lasers, wide-aperture laser system, electronegative gas.
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