Pumping of gas lasers by fast heavy charged particles
Abstract
Theoretical estimates indicate that pump power densities up to 10 to the 9th W/cu cm atm can be achieved by pumping gas lasers with ions accelerated in high-current direct-action accelerators. The optimum accelerating voltages for pumping by the charged particles lie in the 2-3 MV range. These estimates are verified by an experimental study of lasing in Ar-N2 pumped by H, D, He, and N ions.
- Publication:
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Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki
- Pub Date:
- May 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985ZhTFi..55..864K
- Keywords:
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- Charged Particles;
- Electron Pumping;
- Gas Lasers;
- Nuclear Pumped Lasers;
- Particle Accelerators;
- Ultraviolet Lasers;
- Argon Lasers;
- Beam Currents;
- Ion Accelerators;
- Lasing;
- Nitrogen Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers