Long Self-Sustained Discharge Pulses for CO2 Lasers: Further Skirmishes

Abstract

Non-externally sustained glow discharges of 10.8 microsec. and 26.25 microsec. duration are operated in CO2 laser gas mixtures over a pressure range 0.3 to 1 atm. The effects of gas mixture, pressure and pulselength are characterized and the influence of CO2 dissociation products on the discharge are examined along with measurements of the rate of dissociation of CO2.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230436

Entities

People

  • M. R. Harris

Organizations

  • Royal Signals and Radar Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Dissociation
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Gases
  • Glow Discharges
  • Impedance
  • Laser Gases
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Spark Gaps
  • Tea Lasers
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers