Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Development of a Lyman Capillary Discharge

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

The Lyman capillary-discharge source produces an intense continuum that extends to below 200 Å, overlaid with emission and absorption lines. The mechanisms by which the radiation is produced have never been fully explained. In the present study, using high-speed photography with time resolution of 50 ns, we found that with hydrogen as the filling gas, a high-velocity shock wave leaves the capillary some 0.4 µs before the onset of capillary glow. A model for the mechanisms involved in the discharge is proposed and shown to be compatible with previous workers’ observations.

© 1972 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Capacitor Discharge through a Capillary Used as a Spectroscopic Source

Po Lee
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(7) 783-786 (1965)

Optical guidance of terrawatt laser pulses by the implosion phase of a fast Z-pinch discharge in a gas-filled capillary

Tomonao Hosokai, Masaki Kando, Hideki Dewa, Hideyuki Kotaki, Syuji Kondo, Noboru Hasegawa, Kazuhisa Nakajima, and Kazuhiko Horioka
Opt. Lett. 25(1) 10-12 (2000)

Glow Discharge Resonance

A. B. Stewart
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 45(8) 651-657 (1955)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (3)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Tables (1)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article tables are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved