Pressure waves in a uv-preionized electric-discharge laser

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · AIAA Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5339734

Wingate, F; Lee, J T

Results of an experimental study of acoustic disturbances in a uv-preionized electric-discharge laser cavity are presented. It is shown that the electrical energy is deposited very nonuniformly into the gas. This nonuniform energy deposition has a major effect on the shape and magnitude of the acoustic waves. The experiments show that the acoustical field is not one-dimensional. They also show that the resulting deflections of a light ray are much smaller than would be expected from simple refraction calculations in which the density gradients are based upon one-dimensional solutions of the acoustic equations.

• Research Organization: California University, Los Alamos, NM
• OSTI ID: 5339734
• Report Number(s): CONF-8106217-
• Journal Information: AIAA Pap.; (United States), Vol. 81-1286; Conference: 14. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics fluid and plasma dynamics conference, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 23 Jun 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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