Characteristics of a multielectrode corona discharge in the working media of periodic-pulse XeCl* and KrCl* lasers

Results are reported from an investigation of the electrical and optical characteristics of a multielectrode negative-polarity corona discharge in He/Xe(Kr)/CCl₄ mixtures, which are used as the working media in inert-gas chloride lasers operating in the periodic-pulse mode. The corona discharge is studied in a needle-grid electrode system which is approximately as long as the active medium in a laser. Such a corona discharge is of interest for use in electrical modules for blowing the working media through XeCl* and KrCl* lasers, the working media of which contain vapors of liquid hydrocarbons of the CCl₄ type. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 48–51 (May 1998)