Arc-assisted electric discharges in high-pressure carbon monoxide gas mixtures

Continuous arc-assisted electric discharges have been obtained in CO-Ar and CO-N
2
-Ar gas mixtures at pressures of about 0.1 atm and with maximum discharge loadings of 7.9 and 23 kW/ mole/s, respectively. The discharge technique appears suitable for adaptation to CW, high-power CO lasers.