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Optimization of the electron beam parameters and choice of the foil in electron-beam-controlled lasers

A. I. Dutov, S. V. Minaev, V. B. Nikolaev


Abstract: The passage of relativistic electrons through the foil-gas-anode system in an electron-beam-controlled laser was analyzed by the Monte Carlo method. A study was made of the influence of the beam parameters, composition of the active medium, electric field in the nonself-sustained discharge, and also laser design features on the ionization homogeneity in the discharge gap and the uniformity of the electric field in it. A discussion is given of the choice of the beam energy and of the construction elements of a laser using light foils.

UDC: 621.373.8.537.533

PACS: 42.55.Hq

Received: 20.11.1978

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1979, 9:8, 995–1000