Influence of active medium parameters on output energy of an electric-discharge CO2 laser

A model is proposed for the calculation of power and energy characteristics of pulse CO₂ lasers. Dependence of the output energy of the input energy, and on the composition and pressure of the active medium and obtained and discussed for the case of excitation by a self-sustaining discharge. The best agreement between the calculated and experimental results is obtained at low values of the specific energy input.