STUDY OF VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION IN THE ACTIVE MEDIUM OF A CO2-LASER BY THE PHASE-ABSORPTION METHOD.

The aim of this work is the confirmation of one of the modifications of the phase-absorption method applicable to the study of the decay rate of energy stored in the upper level in the active medium of a CO//2-laser. The selection of the given object of study is due both the possibility of comparing the measurement results with known data, and to the timeliness for detailed measurements in active media with isotope-substituted molecules of CO//2, for which such data are practically nonexistent.