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Longitudinal-discharge-pulse laser with preionization obtained by corona effect

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5382677
A longitudinal-discharge-pulse laser has two coaxial sections in the form of glass tubes joined together by a grounded central electrode and terminated by two outer electrodes. Each glass tube carries on its outer surface a multiplicity of metal rings connected in parallel, via a step-up transformer, to the anode of a first thyratron for energization with a steep negative pulse to generate a corona effect for the preionization of a gas mixture in the tubes on command of a pulse-cadence generator. This generator also controls a second thyratron, with a predetermined delay, which applies negative trigger pulses to the two outer electrodes for initiating a pumping discharge of the laser.
Assignee:
Selenia Industrie Elettroniche Associate SpA (Italy)
Patent Number(s):
US 4509176
OSTI ID:
5382677
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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