Numerical modeling of repetitively pulsed copper vapour lasers taking into account the heterogeneity of distribution of plasma parameters (inhomogeneity of discharge) over the cross section of the gas discharge tube

The wide use of numerical methods for the study of repetitively pulsed self-contained lasers is due to at least two reasons. First, the numerical analysis in combination with experimental studies helps to identify the main mechanisms determining the evolution of plasma parameters over time and the lasing characteristics. Secondly, the method of empirical optimization of self-contained lasers on using the basic parameters (specific energy, type and pressure of the buffer gas, the shape and amplitude of the voltage pulse across the discharge gap, the radius of GDT, etc.) is much more complicated than the search for optimal conditions of operation of such lasers by numerical analysis.