Steady externally sustained discharge with electrodeless pulsed ionization in a closed-loop laser. I. Apparatus and experiments
Journal Article
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· Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5338293
A fast-flow, closed-loop, cw=CO/sub 2/ laser is described. A method developed for stabilizing the dc discharge makes it possible to raise the input energy by an order of magnitude before the discharge begins to break up into filaments. The discharge channel is in a plane capacitor, and ionization is caused by high-voltage pulses of a low average power and a high repetition frequency. These pulses are applied to the gas in an electrodeless capacitive manner. The dc longitudinal discharge is externally sustained. A cw power level of 70 kW is supplied to a volume of 27 liters at a pressure of 50 torr. Lasing is achieved.
- Research Organization:
- Institute of Problems of Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
- OSTI ID:
- 5338293
- Journal Information:
- Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 3:3; ISSN SJPPD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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