Open AccessELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSPORT COEFFICIENTS FOR MAGNETICALLY CONFINED GAS LASERS
Author(s) -
Jun Li,
Qiang-Hua Xu,
Qingming Chen
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.43.30
Subject(s) - laser , electron , boltzmann equation , physics , magnetic field , atomic physics , convection–diffusion equation , transverse plane , energy (signal processing) , mechanics , quantum mechanics , structural engineering , engineering
The effects of magneticfield on electrons have been introduced into the normal Boltzmann transport equation for a novel laser system-the magnetically confined gas lasers. As an example the equation has been solved numerically for CO2 lasers. Curves are presented of electron energy distributions and transport coefficients under the influence of transverse magnetic field. Finally, an idea of improving gas laser-efficiency is proposed.