A bi-dimensional model of a Cu-HBr laser plasma

Author

Girard, F. ; Le Guyadec, E.

Author_Institution

CEA, Pierrelatte, France

fYear

1999

Firstpage

318

Abstract

Summary form only given. A two dimensional (radial and longitudinal) model is developed in order to simulate the behaviour of the plasma column constituting the active medium of a CuHBr laser. Species taken into account by the code are Cu, Ne, Br, H atoms and H/sub 2/, HBr and CuBr molecules. We take all this species and Cu/sub 3/Br/sub 3/ to assess their densities at the thermal equilibrium.

Keywords

chemical lasers; copper; hydrogen compounds; plasma simulation; plasma theory; Br; Br atoms; Cu; Cu atoms; Cu-HBr; Cu-HBr laser plasma; Cu/sub 3/Br/sub 3/; CuBr; CuBr molecules; H; H atoms; H/sub 2/; H/sub 2/ molecules; HBr; HBr molecules; Ne; Ne atoms; active medium; association; atom+atom reactions; atom+molecule reactions; bi-dimensional model; dissociative attachment; electron density; laser emission; longitudinal model; molecular dissociation; plasma column; plasma confinement; radial model; simulation; thermal dissociation; thermal equilibrium; three-body recombination; tube inner zone; two dimensional model; Copper; Electrons; Laser modes; Laser theory; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma simulation; Plasma temperature; Pulsed laser deposition; Spontaneous emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1999. ICOPS '99. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1999 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5224-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1999.829707

Filename

829707