On the operating conditions of the electrical blowing module for a periodic-pulse laser based on fluorine atoms and molecules

The results of an investigation of the ignition conditions and characteristics of a multiple-electrode corona discharge, intended to be used in the module which performs electrical blowing of the working media of high pressure lasers operating on fluorine atoms and molecules, in a tip-grid system are reported. The electrical and optical characteristics of corona discharges of positive and negative polarity, which were distributed along the length of a transverse discharge of lasers operating on the transitions F(3s-3p) and F₂(D′-A′), were studied. The characteristics of corona discharges were studied in a mixture He/F₂ at atmospheric pressures. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 84–87 (September 1998)