Coherent light generators – Having an applied magnetic field
Patent
1993-04-08
1994-08-02
Davie, James W.
Coherent light generators
Having an applied magnetic field
372 72, 372 76, 372 86, 31511141, H01S 3094, H01S 3097, H05H 118
Patent
active
053352386
ABSTRACT:
A device and method for generating and guiding an electric discharge current including a first electrode, a second electrode and a material arranged between the first and second electrodes. The device and method involve the use of a laser for generating photons having energies equal to the energy between two excited electronic states of the material. The photons fill a region of the material from the first electrode through the material to the second electrode, ionizing the region of the material between the first and second electrodes. A voltage generating unit connected to the first and second electrodes applies a voltage between the first and second electrodes thereby generating the electric discharge which follows an ionized path in the region between the first and second electrodes. A solenoid is arranged around the housing so that the magnetic field which it produces is oriented approximately along the ionized path, thereby providing improved confinement of the electric discharge.
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Davie James W.
Fleshner Mark L.
The University of Iowa Research Foundation
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