Prediction of the thermal properties of CO2, CO, and Xe laser media

Approximation functions describing the experimental data of thermal conductivity and viscosity of chosen gases (CO₂, N₂, He, Xe, CO, O₂, Ar) are given in the paper. Introduced formulas allow to predict thermal conductivity and temperature distribution of typical high-power laser gas mixture. Examples of temperature distribution in RF excited CO₂, CO, and Xe laser media are shown. Knowledge of the temperature distribution in the laser cavity can be useful for predicting the general properties of laser.     

CO2,X (X=CO2, N2, He,NH3) pressure broadening and shift at 10 μm by using a mode tunable RF CO2 laser

Summary By using a mode tunable CO₂ radiofrequency excited laser we have measured the pressure broadening and the shift of many CO₂ laser lines perturbed by different gases (CO₂, N₂, He, NH₃). While the broadening data agree with the previous work results, this technique allows a more accurate shift measurement. In particular the broadening and shift coefficients due to ammonia are measured for the first time.

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Riassunto Mediante un laser CO₂ alimentato a radiofrequenza ed accordabile in modo su singola riga 510 MHz noi abbiamo misurato sia l’allargamento che lo spostamento per pressione delle righe delle transizioni laser dovuti a differenti perturbatori X (X=CO₂, NH₃, N₂, He). I dati di allargamento confermano le misure precedenti mentre quelli di spostamento sono in parziale disaccordo. I dati per il sistema CO₂, X (X=NH₃) sono riportati per la prima volta.

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Резюме Используя CO₂ лазер с радиочастотным возбуждением, мы измеряем уширение под действием давления и сдвиг CO₂-лазерных линий, возмущенных различными газами (CO₂, N₂, He, NH₃). Данные по уширению согласуются с результатами предыдущих работ. Однако используемая техника позволяет провести более точные измерения сдвига. В частности, впервые были измерены коэффициенты уширения и сдвига, обусловленные аммиаком.

     

Zeeman relaxation of N2 + (2Σ+) in collisions with 3He and 4He

We compare the cross sections for the transitions changing the projection of the total angular momentum of N₂ ⁺(²Σ) in collisions with ³He and ⁴He at very low collision energy. The fundamental states of the two nuclear spin isomers of N₂ ⁺ are considered as well as the two fine structure levels of the first excited para level N=2. It is shown that the two fundamental states of the two nuclear spin isomers behave differently. For the fundamental para level N=0 of N₂ ⁺, the projection changing cross section is always negligible compared to the elastic one for both He isotopes. For the fundamental ortho level N=1 of N₂ ⁺, the spin-rotation interaction couples the different spin levels directly so the spin relaxation becomes a first order process. The associated resonances increase the projection changing cross section which remains smaller but becomes comparable with the elastic one. This is in contrast with the excited rotational levels of N₂ ⁺, which for the rotational deactivation and elastic channels are found to be equal around the resonances for the collisions involving ³He. These two channels are always larger than the projection changing one. We also find that, for transitions involving the fundamental rotational state, the domain of validity of the threshold laws discussed by Krems and Dalgarno [Phys. Rev. A 67, 050704 (2003)] for a potential decreasing faster than 1/r2 is shortened, due to the long range charge induced dipole potential. This effect is illustrated for the collisions of ³He with the fundamental para state of N₂ ⁺.     

Pressure dependence of the spectral lines of a high power, high pressure atomic fluorine laser pumped by a charge transfer from He2

Various transitions of a pressure tunable atomic fluorine laser have been observed over a rather wide spectral range, 634.8–755.2 nm, by exciting the atmospheric pressure of helium containing 0.2% F₂ in a preionized Blumlein discharge device with a charging voltage of 10–15 kV. The intensity of two quartet transitions, 739.9 and 755.2 nm, increases with pressure, whereas that of the other quartet and doublet lines, 634.8, 641.4, 712.8 and 731.1 nm, decreases with increasing atmospheric fill-pressure. The pumping mechanisms at high pressures appear to be different from those at relatively low pressures.     

CO2激光器五种混合气体压强优化

 应用遗传算法,以输出激光功率为目标函数,优化确定了普通CO₂激光器五种工作气体（CO₂, N₂, He, Xe, H₂）的最佳充气量。对1.2m长谐振腔,在15kV放电条件下,优化的充气量分别为p_CO2=1.15×133.3Pa, p_N2=7.32×133.3Pa, p_He=12.95×133.3Pa, p_Xe=0.36×133.3Pa和p_H2=0.01×133.3Pa。优化后激光功率比未优化前可提高1.27倍。     

Optimization of the CO2:N2:He Ratio in the Active Media of Continuous-Wave Electric-Discharge CO2 Lasers

It is shown that the optimum ratio between the main components CO₂:N₂:He of the active medium of continuous-wave electric-discharge CO₂ lasers depends on the temperature of the active medium. Continuous-wave CO₂ lasers can operate effectively at high temperatures of their active medium (T 1000 K) if in their composition the fraction of N₂ molecules is increased as compared to the fraction of CO₂ molecules (CO₂:N₂ < 1:15) and the fraction of He atoms is decreased (He n< CO₂ + N₂).     

管板式大功率横流CO2激光横模测量及数值模拟

为了提高激光稳定性和激光加工质量,实验测量了大功率横流CO2激光横模,并理论分析了横模形成机理。针对大功率横流CO2激光器管板式电极结构,由麦克斯韦方程给出电场的横向分布,并通过数值计算得到了激光强度的横向分布。实验结果与数值模拟得到的激光能量分布基本一致。结果表明,在给定放电电压条件下,电极结构和气体流动速率决定了激光横模峰值大小,激光峰值的横向位置取决于气体流动的速率。     

气相中2Ca＋介入N2O与CO, N2O与H2反应的计算研究

本文采用密度泛函理论DFT-UB3LYP方法, 在6-311+G(2d, p)的基组下, 计算研究了气相中Ca+离子介入N2O (1∑+)和CO (1∑+) 与N2O (1∑+) 和 H2 (1∑+g)反应的微观机理. 报道了二重态势能面上各反应物、中间体和过渡态的构型特征及能量, 并用频率分析和内禀反应坐标（IRC）方法对过渡态进行了验证. 计算结果表明,金属离子参与N2O和CO与N2O和H2的反应都分两步进行, 其中Ca+离子对反应N2O (X1∑+) + CO (1∑+)生成N2 (X1∑+g) + CO2 (1∑+g)比较Fe+, Ir+, Pt+等的金属离子有良好的催化作用, 而对反应N2O (X1∑+) + H2 (1∑+g) → N2 (1∑+g) + H2O (1A1) 催化作用不是很好,N2、CaOH+和H是该反应的主要产物,与实验观测结果相符, 并通过对金属离子亲氧性（OA）的计算, 从热力学方面进一步说明主题反应的可行性.     

气相中2Ca＋介入N2O与CO, N2O与H2反应的计算研究

本文采用密度泛函理论DFT-UB3LYP方法, 在6-311+G(2d, p)的基组下, 计算研究了气相中Ca+离子介入N2O (1∑+)和CO (1∑+) 与N2O (1∑+) 和 H2 (1∑+g)反应的微观机理. 报道了二重态势能面上各反应物、中间体和过渡态的构型特征及能量, 并用频率分析和内禀反应坐标（IRC）方法对过渡态进行了验证. 计算结果表明,金属离子参与N2O和CO与N2O和H2的反应都分两步进行, 其中Ca+离子对反应N2O (X1∑+) + CO (1∑+)生成N2 (X1∑+g) + CO2 (1∑+g)比较Fe+, Ir+, Pt+等的金属离子有良好的催化作用, 而对反应N2O (X1∑+) + H2 (1∑+g) → N2 (1∑+g) + H2O (1A1) 催化作用不是很好,N2、CaOH+和H是该反应的主要产物,与实验观测结果相符, 并通过对金属离子亲氧性（OA）的计算, 从热力学方面进一步说明主题反应的可行性.     

管板式大功率横流CO2激光横模测量及数值模拟

为了提高激光稳定性和激光加工质量,实验测量了大功率横流CO2激光横模,并理论分析了横模形成机理。针对大功率横流CO2激光器管板式电极结构,由麦克斯韦方程给出电场的横向分布,并通过数值计算得到了激光强度的横向分布。实验结果与数值模拟得到的激光能量分布基本一致。结果表明,在给定放电电压条件下,电极结构和气体流动速率决定了激光横模峰值大小,激光峰值的横向位置取决于气体流动的速率。     

Infrared diode laser absorption features of N2O and CO2 in a laval nozzle

Design and operation of a pulsed Laval nozzle and the characterization of molecular flow through such a nozzle using IR tunable diode laser (TDL) is the central theme of this work. The results here deal with He diluted N₂O and CO₂ gaseous systems. Boltzmann type plots of the spectral intensity data of both N₂O and CO₂ show non-linear behaviour. We have attempted to understand this non-linear behaviour of Boltzmann plots in terms of (1) instability in the jet and (2) a two-temperature model for the flowing gas, a cold central core and a hot boundary layer close to the nozzle walls. The model based on jet instability represents the data somewhat poorer than the two-temperature model. The parameters derived from fitting our experimental data to the former model could be used to calculate the thermodynamic parameters only through further approximations. Measured absorption line profile of the P(15) line of the v ₂ band of N₂O as a function of axial distance from the nozzle exit gradually shifts from a Lorentzian to a Gaussian type. Velocity distribution of N₂O molecules in a Laval nozzle is determined by differentiating the absorption line profile of the P(15) line (v ₀=576.235 cm^–1) of the v ₂ band of N₂O. Translational temperature of N₂O molecules is determined from the observed spectral profiles.     

脉冲电晕放电电子能量及OH,O或O3对NO氧化的光谱学研究

采用发射光谱法测量了线板式脉冲电晕放电中激发态氮气分子N2*和离子N2+的光谱强度,并与数值计算获得的结果进行对比,确定放电电场的空间分布及平均电子能量。水平与竖直方向离开线电极0～2cm,随着距离的增加,平均电子能量和电场均呈先减后增的变化趋势;放电电场变化范围11.05～19.6MV.m-1,对应的平均电子能量的变化范围10.10～13.92eV。这一能量水平的电子足以与O2,H2O分子碰撞产生O,OH自由基,并进一步反应生成O3。在NO氧化过程中,NO可与OH自由基共存,但不能与O3共存;且O3或O氧化NO的效率高于OH自由基,推断O3或O在NO的氧化过程中起关键作用。     

Accuracy in determination of the temperature and partial pressure of CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> in CO<Subscript>2</Subscript>:N<Subscript>2</Subscript>:H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O:NO<Subscript>2</Subscript> mixtures by multiple-frequency laser probing

We present the results of analysis of the errors introduced by hot-band transitions 11¹0-01¹1, 03¹0-01¹1, 12⁰0-12⁰1 of the CO₂ molecule and the absorption lines of the H₂O and NO₂ molecules in determination of the temperature and partial pressure of CO₂, included in the gas mixture CO₂: N₂:H₂O: NO₂ at atmospheric pressure, by multiple-frequency laser probing using a CO₂ laser tunable over the lines of the 00⁰1-[10⁰0,02⁰0]_I,II ground-state laser transitions. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 74, No. 6, pp. 810–815, November–December, 2007.     

Characteristic of a negative corona discharge in active media of Xe(6p−5d) and eximer lasers

The article contains results of a study of electric and optical characteristics of a negative corona discharge in a “needles-grid” electrode system in the mixtures He/Xe and He/Xe(Kr)/HCl, which are used in periodic pulsed electric-discharge Xe(6p−5d), XeCl, and KrCl lasers. The corona discharge was ignited in a multielectrode system whose length is commensurable with the length of the active medium of the lasers. Voltage-current characteristics, radiation spectra of the discharge plasma, and the dependences of the radiation intensity of atomic spectral lines and the band λ=308 nm of XeCl (B-X) on parameters of the corona discharge are studied. For the mixture He/Xe the corona discharge exists as a spatially homogeneous discharge that is intermediate between corona and glow discharges and is transformed into an anode streamer at higher charge voltages. Collisional purification of the 6p states of the Xe atom by helium was observed. In the mixture He/Xe/HCl the corona discharge is ignited in the form of individual generation zones and a dark external region and can be used in electric systems for pumping the active media of XeCl and KrCl lasers. Uzhgorod State University, 46, Pidgirna St., Uzhgorod, 294000, Ukraine. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 205–210, March–April, 1998.     

封闭空间中易燃混合气体在HF和CO_2激光作用下的燃烧引发(英文)

研究了封闭圆柱石英腔中化学计量CH4∶O2混合气的燃烧试验。使用了非定域脉冲HF激光触发和直接使用脉冲CO2激光器助燃两种引燃方法。第二种引燃方法是使用小剂量的可以强烈吸收脉冲CO2激光辐射的SF6来加热易燃混合气。研究了燃烧过程,并确定了燃烧辉光的谱线特征。试验表明,即使在小体积反应器中,固定数量反应气的快速激光加热也能够极大地加速燃烧进程并达到混合气燃烧的爆炸模式。得到了阈值情况下沿腔轴的初始温度分布。     

Conversion of nitrogen oxides in N2:O2:CO2 and N2:O2:CO2:NO2 mixtures subjected to a dc corona discharge

This paper concerns the influence of a direct current (dc) corona discharge on production and reduction of NO, NO₂ and N₂O in N₂:O₂:CO₂ and N₂:O₂:CO₂:NO₂ mixtures. The corona discharge was generated in a needle-to-plate reactor. The positively polarized electrode consisted of 7 needles. The grounded electrode was a stainless steel plate. The gas flow rate through the reactor was varied from 28 to 110 cm³/s. The time-averaged discharge current ranged from 0 to 6 mA. It was found that in the N₂:O₂:CO₂ mixture the corona discharge produced NO, NO₂ and N₂O. In the N₂:O₂:CO₂:NO₂ mixture the reduction of NO₂ was between 6–56%, depending on the concentration of O₂, gas flow rate and corona discharge current. The NO₂ reduction was accompanied by production of NO and N₂O. The results show that efficient reduction of nitrogen oxides by a corona discharge cannot be expected in the mixtures containing N₂ and O₂ if reducing additives are not employed.     

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 constants on the optimization results is analyzed.Translated from Trudy Ordena Lenina Fizicheskogo Instituta im. P. N. Lebedeva, Vol. 113, pp. 150–167 (1979).     

Measurement of CO,HCN, and NO productions in atmospheric reaction induced by femtosecond laser filament

It is proved that the chemical reaction induced by femtosecond laser filament in the atmosphere produces CO, HCN, and NO, and the production CO and HCN are observed for the first time. The concentrations of the products are measured by mid-infrared tunable laser absorption spectroscopy. In the reduced pressure air, the decomposition of CO₂ is enhanced by vibration excitation induced by laser filament, resulting in the enhanced production of CO and HCN. At the same time, the CO and HCN generated from the atmosphere suffer rotation excitation induced by laser filament, enhancing their absorption spectra. It is found that NO, CO, and HCN accumulate to 134 ppm, 80 ppm, and 1.6 ppm in sealed air after sufficient reaction time. The atmospheric chemical reaction induced by laser filament opens the way to changing the air composition while maintaining environmental benefits.     

氦,氢,氮空心阴极放电的真空紫外辐射特性

介绍了一种水冷、陶瓷封接结构的空心阴极放电装置.研究了He、H_2、N_2在120nm～20Onm范围内该装置的真空紫外辐射特性,获得了100～600mA电流范围内的辐射强度与放电电流的关系,以及充气气压变化对它的影响.实验表明:在实验条件下,主要发射谱线为氮的原子线和氦的离子线;辐射谱线强度在0.03～0.72mW·cm~(-2);气压改变时,N_2、H_2辐射强度有一极大值,而He的离子线辐射强度则出现二个极大;在He/H_2混合气体放电时,随着He的加入,氢分子带光谱有明显下降.     

Direct measurement of the angular dependence of ionization for N2, O2, and CO2 in intense laser fields

We experimentally measure the ionization probability as a function of alignment angle of three molecules in intense laser fields: nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. Unlike atoms, molecules have a rotational degree of freedom. By controlling the alignment of the molecule relative to the laser field, molecules offer additional ways to understand strong-field ionization. The angular dependence of ionization directly maps to the orbital symmetry of each molecule. Carbon dioxide is seen to have a very sharp preference for ionization when aligned at 45 degrees to the laser field, in significant disagreement with current theories.