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Voltage-current characteristics of superatmospheric pressure CO2 laser discharges

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The voltage-current characteristics of a UV preionised CO2 laser operating at pressures ≲13 atmospheres have been investigated and the quasi-steady glow and breakdown fields measured. The discharge resistivity has been found to be a function of the applied excitation field and a simple model has been developed to explain the results obtained.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, University of Hull, HU6 7RX, Hull, England

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Carman, T.W., Dyer, P.E. Voltage-current characteristics of superatmospheric pressure CO2 laser discharges. Appl. Phys. 17, 27–30 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00885026

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