Compact megawatt helium-free TEA HF/DF lasers
- 1 May 1980
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 13 (5) , 553-556
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3735/13/5/021
Abstract
Compact helium-free atmospheric pressure HF/DF lasers were excited with a pre-ionisation-stabilised discharge scheme. The lasers produced megawatt outputs from H2:SF6 and D2:SF6 mixtures with plasma volumes of approximately 103 mm3. The laser pulse durations were approximately 10 ns.Keywords
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