On the Possibility of Constructing Pulsed Gas Lasers with Electron Beam Pumping in an Electric Field,

Abstract

The paper reports the possibility of constructing pulsed gas lasers with mixed excitation, when the gas is pumped with an electron beam and an electric field simultaneously. The proposed excitation method makes it possible, in principle, to obtain high radiated laser power owing to uniform excitation of large gas volumes at high pressures. The role of the electron beam actually amounts to the creation of conditions for streamerless discharge development, and the excitation energy comes mainly from the external electric field.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 20, 1974
Accession Number
ADA004817

Entities

People

  • E. M. Belenov
  • Yu. V. Afanasev

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Excitation
  • Gas Lasers
  • High Pressure
  • Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics