New hollow-cathode electrode for high-power copper lasers

Conference · Wed Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:10149948

Chang, J J; Alger, T W; Anderson, A T; Arnold, P A

Multiple hollow-cathode slots were utilized on a profiled solid-copper electrode taht extended stable glow discharge to higher pressures in copper lasers. This novel electrode design, which dramatically reduced discharge jitter and window contamination, has been run for more than 8000 hours with very little degradation.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10149948
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-116700; CONF-940582-4; ON: DE94011637
• Resource Relation: Conference: CLEO `94: conference on lasers and electro-optics,Anaheim, CA (United States),8-13 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: 9 Mar 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
METAL VAPOR LASERS
ELECTRODES
COPPER
PERFORMANCE
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TESTING
GLOW DISCHARGES
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