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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 1, 1984
Date of Patent:
February 3, 1987
Assignee:
Applied Electron Corp.
Inventors:
George J. Collins, Jorge J. Rocca, Jack D. Meyer