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Lasers and High Voltage arc's
Subject: Lasers and High Voltage arc's
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 15:06:37 -0500
From: "Chris Clanton" <cclanton-at-cheney-dot-net>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
This is some info that pertains to the thread about lasers and
discharge
path's that has been appearing on the listserver I got it from the US
patent office thought some one might be interested.
"A device and method for generating and guiding an electric discharge
current including a first electrode, a second electrode and a material
arranged between the first and second electrodes. The device and method
involve the use of a laser for generating photons having energies equal
to
the energy between two excited electronic states of the material. The
photons fill a region of the material from the first electrode through
the
material to the second electrode, ionizing the region of the material
between the first and second electrodes. A voltage generating unit
connected to the first and second electrodes applies a voltage between
the
first and second electrodes thereby generating the electric discharge
which
follows an ionized path in the region between the first and second
electrodes. A solenoid is arranged around the housing so that the
magnetic
field which it produces is oriented approximately along the ionized
path,
thereby providing improved confinement of the electric discharge. "
They didn't give much info but it might be useful
Chris Clanton
cclanton-at-mail.cheney-dot-net