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Published October 10, 1976 | public
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Electron temperature measurements in a copper chloride laser utilizing a microwave radiometer

Abstract

The electron temperature as a function of laser tube temperature of a copper vapor laser utilizing copper chloride as a lasant has been obtained by measuring the microwave incoherent radiation from the plasma in the laser tube. An unexpected increase of electron temperature at higher laser tube temperature may be due mainly to Penning ionization of the Cu atom by the metastable state of He or Ne buffer gases. The results obtained in this work provide part of the basis for understanding the behavior of the laser output as a function of tube temperature.

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Copyright © 1976 American Institute of Physics. (Received 17 May 1976) The authors are indebted to Dr. Raymond Goldstein for the calculation of copper-atom ionization rates and to James Yocom for his technical assistance.

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