Pulsed bulk discharge with a plasma cathode in molecular gases at high pressure. II. Discharge with ionization multiplication of photoelectrons and light generation

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6693127

Bychkov, Y I; Zaroslov, D Y; Karlov, N V; Kuz'min, G P; Mesyats, G A; Osipov, V V; Prokhorov, A M; Tel'nov, V A

The ranges of parameter values corresponding to a bulk discharge with ionization multiplication of photoelectrons and to an externally maintained strongly preionized discharge in nitrogen and CO/sub 2/ laser mixtures are determined experimentally and compared. The output power of a plasma-cathode bulk discharge excited under conditions of ionization photoelectron multiplication are determined for voltages above and below the threshold for static breakdown. The use of a pulsed bulk discharge with a plasma cathode in designing a CO/sub 2/ laser is reported.

• Research Organization: P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 6693127
• Journal Information: Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 28:11
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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