Optical Properties of Runaway Electron Preionized Diffuse Discharges and Their Applications for Excilamps and Lasers

The results of experimental investigations of diffuse (volume) nanosecond elevated-pressure discharges in a non-uniform electric field at a time resolution of a recording system being equal to ≈100 ps are presented in this paper. The application of the runaway electrons preionized diffuse discharge is promising for obtaining high-power radiation pulses in the VUV and UV spectral region