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Physics of electric-discharge CO2 lasers

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Translated from Fizika Élektrorazryadnykh CO2-Lazerov, pp. 5–110, 1982.

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Vedenov, A.A. Physics of electric-discharge CO2 lasers. J Russ Laser Res 8, 1–78 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01120616

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