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The effect of external visible light on the breakdown voltage of a long discharge tube. / Shishpanov, A. I.; Ionikh, Yu. Z.; Meshchanov, A. V.
In: Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya), Vol. 120, No. 6, 2016, p. 871-875.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of external visible light on the breakdown voltage of a long discharge tube
AU - Shishpanov, A. I.
AU - Ionikh, Yu. Z.
AU - Meshchanov, A. V.
N1 - Shishpanov, A.I., Ionikh, Y.Z. & Meshchanov, A.V. The effect of external visible light on the breakdown voltage of a long discharge tube. Opt. Spectrosc. 120, 871–875 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X16060217
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The breakdown characteristics of a discharge tube with a configuration typical of gas-discharge light sources and electric-discharge lasers (a so-called “long discharge tube”) filled with argon or helium at a pressure of 1 Torr have been investigated. A breakdown has been implemented using positive and negative voltage pulses with a linear leading edge having a slope dU/dt ~ 10–107 V/s. Visible light from an external source (halogen incandescent lamp) is found to affect the breakdown characteristics. The dependences of the dynamic breakdown voltage of the tube on dU/dt and on the incident light intensity are measured. The breakdown voltage is found to decrease under irradiation of the high-voltage anode of the tube in a wide range of dU/dt. A dependence of the effect magnitude on the light intensity and spectrum is obtained. Possible physical mechanisms of this phenomenon are discussed.
AB - The breakdown characteristics of a discharge tube with a configuration typical of gas-discharge light sources and electric-discharge lasers (a so-called “long discharge tube”) filled with argon or helium at a pressure of 1 Torr have been investigated. A breakdown has been implemented using positive and negative voltage pulses with a linear leading edge having a slope dU/dt ~ 10–107 V/s. Visible light from an external source (halogen incandescent lamp) is found to affect the breakdown characteristics. The dependences of the dynamic breakdown voltage of the tube on dU/dt and on the incident light intensity are measured. The breakdown voltage is found to decrease under irradiation of the high-voltage anode of the tube in a wide range of dU/dt. A dependence of the effect magnitude on the light intensity and spectrum is obtained. Possible physical mechanisms of this phenomenon are discussed.
UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0030400X16060217
M3 - Article
VL - 120
SP - 871
EP - 875
JO - OPTICS AND SPECTROSCOPY
JF - OPTICS AND SPECTROSCOPY
SN - 0030-400X
IS - 6
ER -
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