DocumentCode
1065766
Title
Positive ion spectra in He-CO-O2 -laser discharges
Author
Keren, H. ; Avivi, P. ; Dothan, F.
Author_Institution
The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Volume
12
Issue
1
fYear
1976
fDate
1/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
58
Lastpage
60
Abstract
The ion spectra of He-CO-laser discharges with and without small addition of O2 is presented. It is shown that upon addition of oxygen the dominant positive charge carriers in the discharge are O2 +ions. It is argued that the oxygen ion O2 +is populated in stage processes: the 
state of CO relaxes to a metastable state of oxygen, which in turn is ionized by electrons.
state of CO relaxes to a metastable state of oxygen, which in turn is ionized by electrons.Keywords
Charge carriers; Distribution functions; Electrodes; Electron emission; Gold; Ionization; Kinetic theory; Metastasis; Orifices; Plasma measurements;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1976.1069035
Filename
1069035
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