A Preliminary Assessment of the Usability of Magnetoplasma Compressors in Scientific and Technical Applications
Victor V. Kuzenov, A. Yu. Varaksin, Sergei V. Ryzhkov
Abstract
This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the plasma dynamic modes of operation of end-type magnetoplasma compressor (MPC) discharges. The characteristic methods used to organize the optical pumping of a photodissociation gas laser using an MPC discharge are briefly described. The kinetic and energy characteristics of photodissociation gas optical quantum generators (OQGs) with optical pumping by an MPC discharge were evaluated. Based on the numerical calculations, an analysis of the radiation–plasma dynamic structures and the spectral brightness characteristics of the MPC discharge in the ohmic mode of plasma heating was carried out.
Topics & Concepts
PlasmaGas compressorPhotodissociationLaserMaterials scienceAtomic physicsBrightnessElectric discharge in gasesPhysicsNuclear engineeringComputer scienceOpticsOptoelectronicsChemistryThermodynamicsEngineeringQuantum mechanicsPhotochemistryLaser Design and ApplicationsDiamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchPlasma Diagnostics and Applications