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Approximate determination of the gas population inversion and gain coefficient during adiabatic expansion in a nozzle

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    G. V. Gembarzhevskii

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 3, pp. 35–40, May–June, 1973.

In conclusion, the author is grateful to N. A. Generalov for discussing the research and for useful remarks, and to I. K. Selezneva for additional material on the numerical computation.

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Gembarzhevskii, G.V. Approximate determination of the gas population inversion and gain coefficient during adiabatic expansion in a nozzle. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 14, 323–327 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00850943

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