RADIAL DRIFT VELOCITIES IN THE ARGON ION LASER

15 March 1967

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 10 (6) , 177-179
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1754900

Abstract

Measured values of the ion radial drift velocity in an argon ion laser discharge tube are presented. The data were obtained from observation of the spontaneous emission line shapes of ion and neutral transitions from the end and from the side of the discharge. The relationship of the data to various postulated excitation processes is considered. The effect of the radial drift velocities on the observed saturation of the axial drift velocities is also discussed.

Keywords

SPONTANEOUS EMISSION

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