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Radiation-induced air breakdown has been produced within the cavity of a TEA CO2 laser using an intracavity lens arrangement. Results indicate that this technique could be used for effective plasma heating because it permits fast energy dumping into low-pressure sparks.
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Tulip et al. (1971) studied this question.
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