Abstract

This paper presents the results of experimental studies of the conversion efficiency of the energy pulses of gas and solid-state lasers into thermal energy of gas accompanied by breakdown in nitrogen and air at pressures of 0.1–1 atm and pulse energies of 5–90 J.

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