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Gas laser with dual plasma mixing

Patent ·
OSTI ID:872249
 [1]
  1. Knoxville, TN
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A gas laser includes an enclosure forming a first chamber, a second chamber and a lasing chamber which communicates through a first opening to the first chamber and through a second opening to the second chamber. The lasing chamber has a pair of reflectors defining a Fabry-Perot cavity. Separate inlets enable different gases to be introduced into the first and second chambers. A first cathode within the first chamber is provided to produce positive ions which travel into the lasing chamber and a second cathode of a pin-hollow type within the second chamber is provided to produce negative ions which travel into the lasing chamber. A third inlet introduces a molecular gas into the lasing chamber, where the molecular gas becomes excited by the positive and negative ions and emits light which lases in the Fabry-Perot cavity.

Research Organization:
LOCKHEED MARTIN ENERGY RES COR
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
US 5892788
OSTI ID:
872249
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Comment on ‘‘Effect of electron temperature on negative hydrogen ion production in a low‐pressure Ar discharge plasma with methane’’ [Appl. Phys. Lett. 63 , 1619 (1993)] journal August 1995
Lasing in Al following photoionization and neutralization in the presence of H 2 : The role of H − journal April 1994
Effect of electron temperature on negative hydrogen ion production in a low‐pressure Ar discharge plasma with methane journal September 1993

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