Instability onset in electron-beam-sustained KrF* laser discharges
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 32 (11), 730-733
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89902
Abstract
Measurements of instability onset in a spatially uniform electron‐beam‐sustained KrF* laser discharge have shown that the time at which instability occurs decreases from about 1 to 0.1 μsec as E/n is increased in the range required for efficient laser operation. This finding is in good agreement with computed ionization instability onset times determined on the basis of a comprehensive model of the discharge.Keywords
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