A review is given of the information on the processes resulting in the formation and loss of population inversion in the most widely encountered types of chemical laser. This information is used to determine the optimal conditions for the excitation of chemical lasers under cw and pulsed conditions.

RT Journal
T1 Processes in chemical lasers
A1 Eletskii,A.V.
PB Physics-Uspekhi
PY 1981
FD 10 Jun, 1981
JF Physics-Uspekhi
JO Phys. Usp.
VO 24
IS 6
SP 475-495
DO 10.1070/PU1981v024n06ABEH004827
LK https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1981/6/b/