TY - JOUR
T1 - High-pressure volume discharges in gas lasers
AU - Mesyats, G. A.
AU - Korolev, Yu D.
PY - 1986/1/31
Y1 - 1986/1/31
N2 - Investigations of pulsed volume discharges at pressuresp~ 1 atm in nitrogen, C02:N2:He mixtures, and mixtures of noble gases and halogens are reviewed from the point of view of their use in lasers. The review examines self-sustaining discharges in which the initiating electrons are produced by illuminating the gap with an auxiliary spark, with an x-ray source, etc., and non-self-sustaining discharges with external gas ionization by fast electrons. Data on the contraction of volume discharges are presented. A special section is devoted to high-pressure discharges in C02 lasers.
AB - Investigations of pulsed volume discharges at pressuresp~ 1 atm in nitrogen, C02:N2:He mixtures, and mixtures of noble gases and halogens are reviewed from the point of view of their use in lasers. The review examines self-sustaining discharges in which the initiating electrons are produced by illuminating the gap with an auxiliary spark, with an x-ray source, etc., and non-self-sustaining discharges with external gas ionization by fast electrons. Data on the contraction of volume discharges are presented. A special section is devoted to high-pressure discharges in C02 lasers.
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U2 - 10.1070/PU1986v029n01ABEH003083
DO - 10.1070/PU1986v029n01ABEH003083
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79955519360
VL - 29
SP - 57
EP - 69
JO - Soviet Physics - Uspekhi
JF - Soviet Physics - Uspekhi
SN - 0038-5670
IS - 1
ER -