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Formation of an ultraviolet radiation pulse in a surfacedischarge plasma by the front of an electromagnetic shock wave

I. K. Krasyuk, N. I. Lipatov, P. P. Pashinin


Abstract: An investigation was made of the optical characteristics of a surface-discharge plasma emitting ultraviolet radiation which could be used to preionize gas mixtures in molecular TEA lasers. Experimental results and a qualitative theoretical model of the discharge, based on the nonlinear conductivity of the plasma, accounted for the formation of a short ultraviolet radiation pulse. This pulse was attributed to the motion of the front of an electromagnetic shock wave formed in the surface-discharge plasma.

UDC: 533.951

PACS: 52.80.Dy, 52.35.Lv

Received: 27.02.1976

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1976, 6:11, 1298–1302