Direct conversion of CO2 laser energy to high-voltage electrical energy using a laser-produced plasma
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 31 (11) , 726-728
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89531
Abstract
High‐voltage high‐current pulses of electrical energy (700 V, 14 A, 10 kW) are generated with efficiencies greater than 0.1% for a duration of 30 nsec when a 3–4‐J CO2 TEA laser is focused on a copper cathode in a special vacuum cell designed to collect the ejected high‐energy electrons. Potential applications as a high‐voltage source and as a detector are discussed.Keywords
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