Arc-assisted electric-discharge technique for high-pressure cw CO2 lasers

1 July 1976

journal article
letter
Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics

Vol. 47 (7) , 3357-3359
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.323092

Abstract

A technique utilizing an arc plasma flow for preionizing large volumes of CO₂ laser gas mixtures is reported. With this method, stable continuous discharges to 1 atm and power loadings of 400 kW/lb/sec have been obtained using a single arc source. Gain measurements are also made as well as preliminary successful attempts at cw laser action.

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