ELECTRICAL AND EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF A C-TO-C N-2 LASER

The electrical and optical characteristics of a C-to-C Nz laser are ex perimentally investigated. Current and voltage appearing in different points of the circuit are reported. From these measurements one can st udy the behavior of the circuit, which has not been completely describ ed up to date. The natural frequencies and the damping constant of the laser discharge circuit were calculated from the current and voltage waveforms. The laser used in the experiments provides pulses with ener gies of about 40 mu J and efficiencies in the range from 0.15 x 10(-4) to 0.35 x 10(-4).