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Chopped CW laser-induced optogalvanic effect in a neon hollow cathode discharge
Authors:Violeta D'Accurso  Francisco A. Manzano  Verónica B. Slezak
Affiliation:(1) CITEFA-CONICET, Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones (CEILAP), Zufriategui 4380, (1603) Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Abstract:A detailed model for the optogalvanic effect in a neon hollow cathode discharge irradiated by a chopped CW dye laser is presented. A rate equation formalism is used to calculate the evolution of the first and second electronic configuration populations coupled by the laser and of the electric charges number density. Processes as ambipolar-like electrons loss, electronic collisional coupling of level populations and electron emission by the cathode due to VUV radiation from the 1s2 resonant level are taken into account and further discussed.The transients and steady-state magnitude of the optogalvanic signal are calculated, compared with experimental data and related to population changes. We predict sign changes of the optogalvanic signal when the laser is tuned over transitions originating from the resonant level with respect to transitions involving the metastables states. The optogalvanic signal is shown to be basically determined by the laser-induced variations of the excited-state populations while changes in the electron temperature, due to laser energy transfer by collisions between electrons and excited atoms, play a negligible role.
Keywords:32.90.-a  42.62.Hk  52.90. + z
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