V. V. Borovkov, V. V. Voronin, S. L. Voronov, D. I. Zenkov, B. V. Lazhintsev, V. A. Nor-Arevyan, V. A. Tananakin, G. I. Fedorov, “Highly efficient gas lasers with a three-electrode double discharge”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1996, Volume 23, Number 1,Pages <nobr>41

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Lasers

Highly efficient gas lasers with a three-electrode double discharge

V. V. Borovkov, V. V. Voronin, S. L. Voronov, D. I. Zenkov, B. V. Lazhintsev, V. A. Nor-Arevyan, V. A. Tananakin, G. I. Fedorov

Russian Federal Nuclear Center "All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics", Sarov, Nizhnii Novgorod region, Russian Federation

Abstract: A three-electrode electric-discharge laser was developed. The discharge was ignited by the application of a high-voltage pulse to the middle control electrode. A capacitor bank supplying the main discharge was connected directly to the two other electrodes. Excimer (XeCl, KrCl) lasers, as well as CO₂ and Ar – Xe lasers were used as examples to demonstrate that this method of excitation of the active medium reduced by tens of times the load on switches in the power supply system.

PACS: 42.55.Gp, 42.55.Lt, 52.80.Hc

Received: 01.01.1996