Physical Processes in Lasers

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Mode Discrimination and the Self-Locking Effect in Solid-State Lasers Using a Bleachable Filter

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-5

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   2. Q Switching of Lasers by Means of a Passive Shutter

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      Pages 5-18

   3. Spectral Composition of Solid-State Laser Emission and Mode Discrimination by Various Cavity Elements

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      Pages 18-36

   4. Development of the Emission Pulse in the Case of Passive Switching

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      Pages 36-43

   5. Self Mode Locking in a Solid-State Laser Using a Bleachable Filter

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      Pages 43-59

3. Detection and Investigation of Stimulated Emission in a Pinched Discharge

   1. Front Matter

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   2. State of the Art of Pulsed Ionic Laser Research

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      Pages 62-70

   3. On the Creation of Negative-Temperature States in a Pinch-Discharge Plasma

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      Pages 70-79

   4. Investigation of the Characteristics of a Pinch Discharge

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      Pages 79-86

   5. Properties of Stimulated Emission in a Pinch-Discharge Plasma at the Transitions of Singly and Doubly Ionized Argon Atoms

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      Pages 86-96

   6. Determination of the Parameters of the Pinch-Discharge Plasma

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      Pages 96-111

4. Physical Processes in Molecular Hydrogen, Deuterium, and First-Positive-Band-System Nitrogen Pulsed Gas-Discharge Lasers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-114

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   2. State of the Art of Research on Pulsed Gas-Discharge Lasers; Statement of the Problem

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      Pages 115-120

   3. Experimental Methodological Problems

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      Pages 121-126

   4. Pulsed Emission from H2, D2, and HD Molecules

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      Pages 126-136

   5. Temporal and Energy Characteristics of the First-Positive-Band-System Molecular Nitrogen Laser

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      Pages 136-140

   6. Stimulated Emission Spectrum of the N2(1+) Laser and Interpretation of the Vibrational-Rotational Structural Features of this Spectrum

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      Pages 140-151

   7. Aspects of the Physics of Pulsed Discharge

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      Pages 151-159

   8. Population Dynamics of the Upper Laser Levels in the 1+ Band System of N2

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      Pages 159-166

The present collection of articles sets forth the results of experimental research on physical processes in various types of optical quantum devices (lasers). Data are presented on the regulation of the temporal and spectral characteristics of solid-state lasers using a bleachable filter. A mode self-locking state is realized in which ultraflhort light pulses are emitted. The stimulated emission in a pinch discharge due to transitions of singly and doubly ion­ ized argon atoms in the visible and ultraviolet parts of the spectrum is investigated. Pulsed lasing associated with electron transitions in diatomic molecules at the leading edge of a power­ ful current pulse in a gas is subjected to systematic analysis. The book is aimed at a broad spectrum of scientists and engineers specializing in quan­ tum radiophysics. CONTENTS MODE DISCRIMINATION AND THE SELF-LOCKING EFFECT IN SOLID-STATE LASERS USING A BLEACHABLE FILTER A. S. Markin Introduction 1 Chapter 1. Q S wit chi n g 0 f Las e r s by Mea n s 0 f a Pas s i v e Shu t t e r. . . . 5 1. Operating Principle and Types of Passive Shutters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. Q Switching of Neodymium Glass Lasers by Means of a Bleachable Liquid Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. Dependence of the Width and Shape of the Giant Pulse on the Population Inversion Coefficient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• atoms
• diatomic molecule
• electron
• experiment
• molecule
• physics
• population
• regulation
• spectra
• ultraviolet

• P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, Russia

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