Patent · US Expired

D.C. electron beam method and apparatus for continuous laser excitation

US4641316A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Applied Electron Corporation · US

Inventors

George J. Collins · Somers, US
Jorge J. Rocca · Fort Collins, US
Jack D. Meyer · Fort Collins, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 1984
Grant date	Feb 3, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 1, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S3/038
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A highly efficient laser employs a glow discharge electron gun and includes a solid wall cathode that emits a beam of electrons resulting in a plasma that is a negative glow discharge having an electron distribution that has a larger number of high energy electrons than would be present in a Maxwellian distribution of the same electron density.

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