High-pulse-rate glow-discharge stabilization by gas flow
- 1 November 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 44 (11) , 5061-5063
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1662088
Abstract
When a transverse‐discharge CO2 laser with forced flow is pulsed rapidly, the minimum time between arc‐free pulses is substantially greater than the time predicted by the ratio of electrode width to gas velocity. The maximum pulse rate is predicted accurately by flow‐model solutions that determine the time required to remove the glow‐discharge products from the interelectrode space. The predictions were experimentally verified to a maximum pulse rate of 1 kHz using planar electrodes in a closed‐cycle wind tunnel.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- High peak power gas lasersProceedings of the IEEE, 1971
- Improved excitation techniques for atmospheric pressure CO 2 lasersElectronics Letters, 1971