We have experimentally studied combination breakdown (electric and optical breakdown or electro-optical breakdown) of krypton under low vacuum (p ~ 101 to 105 Pa) during simultaneous exposure to nanosecond laser pulses (λ ~ 213, 266, 355, 532, 1064 nm, τ 0.5 ~ 18 ns, I 0 ~ 109 to 1011 J/cm2) and a constant electric field (E ~ 0–13.2 kV/cm). We have demonstrated a substantial change in the ratio of the optical and electric components of the breakdown threshold I 0 (E) for different gas pressures and photon energies, as well as the presence of a synergistic effect, manifested in the many-fold decrease in the threshold values for the components of the combination treatment. The results obtained can be used to assess the breakdown processes in gas-discharge devices.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 82, No. 4, pp. 572–577, July–August, 2015.
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Loktionov, E.Y., Pasechnikov, N.A., Protasov, Y.S. et al. Laser-Induced Electric Breakdown of Krypton in the UV–Near IR Spectral Region. J Appl Spectrosc 82, 607–613 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-015-0152-6
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