Effect of excitation frequency on characteristics of mixture discharge in fast-axial-flow radio frequency-excited carbon dioxide laser

Heng ZHAO; Bo LI; Wenjin WANG; Yi HU; Youqing WANG

doi:10.1007/s12200-015-0523-x

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