Possibility of spontaneous circulation of a gas mixture in a pulse-periodic laser

An analysis is made of gasdynamic processes in an electrically pumped gasdynamic CO₂ laser. It is shown that, in principle, it is possible to use the energy of shock waves resulting from pulsed evolution of energy in a discharged gap to drive a gas mixture along a closed duct. This is done by placing a nonreturn valve at the entry to the discharge chamber and an acoustic resonator of a certain length at the exit.