The kinetic theory of gases and low-temperature plasmas is reviewed and applied to the
study of physical processes in molecular lasers. Theoretical considerations include …

A review is given of methods involving two fundamentally different approaches to the
problem of isotope separation. The first approach is based on selective action on definite …

CO/N2, CO/Ar/O2, and CO/N2/O2 gas mixtures are optically pumped using a continuous
wave CO laser. Carbon monoxide molecules absorb the laser radiation and transfer energy …

Measurements of preferential vibration‐to‐vibration (V–V) pumping of high vibrational states
of 13C 16O and 12C 18O in optically excited CO gas are reported. It is found that the v= 22 …

We discuss a model of selective absorption of infrared radiation by an anharmonic
molecular vibrational mode. The effects of the rotational sublevels and of the energy …

The characteristics of chemical reactions under the influence of infrared radiation and the
conditions under which they occur in the absence of equilibrium between the vibrational and …

Isotope composition of CO2 produced in CO–Ar mixtures optically pumped by a CO laser
has been analyzed by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) absorption spectroscopy. Carbon …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the laser selective photophysics and
photochemistry. Currently, the investigations in the field of selective laser photophysics and …

The possibilities provided by the application of advances in laser technology to the solution
of problems in gas-phase chemical kinetics have been analysed. The basic principles of …

Temperatures and vibrational populations are investigated experimentally and numerically
in a CO–N 2–O 2 gas mixture. By spatially resolved Raman Q-branch spectra measurement …