Abstract:Ionization, hydrocarbon breakdown, and other exotic processes can harm diode-pumped alkali laser (DPAL) performance and components. We develop a physical picture of these processes, including those that drive a non-Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution of electrons, and describe an efficient approach to solve these kinetics while resolving trace species, and enforcing conservation laws.Comparing the model to time-dependent experiments suggests that recombination and supporting processes are weaker than naïvely expect… Show more
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