Volume-self-sustained discharge in CO2-N2-He gas mixtures
Abstract
New methods for high-volume self-sustained discharge in systems of atmospheric pressure CO2-N2-He gas mixtures are discussed. The use of properly chosen organic additives, the pulled voltage front regime, and the electron flow method, allowed a stable discharge to be obtained in a wide range of gas mixtures with relatively low level of operating voltages and a nonprofiled electrode system. Self-sustained discharges in the system with an interelectrode gap of 40 cm and a 160-l volume have been demonstrated.
- Publication:
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Lasers 1985; Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986lase.conf..681A
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Gas Discharges;
- Gas Mixtures;
- Helium;
- High Power Lasers;
- Nitrogen;
- Atmospheric Pressure;
- Electric Fields;
- Electron Flux Density;
- Lasing;
- Optical Pumping;
- Triethyl Compounds;
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Volt-Ampere Characteristics;
- Lasers and Masers