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In this work, the effect of various properties of materials on vacuum breakdown initiated by laser radiation is considered. Estimating calculations are performed which show that the material of the target electrode distinctly affects the minimum energy of laser radiation needed for igniting a vacuum spark. The experimental studies carried out confirm the estimating calculations, and a number of materials are revealed which can be arranged in order of increase in the energy needed for the formation of breakdown in vacuum by the impact of a laser pulse.
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Original Russian Text © V.P. Seleznev, V.O. Revazov, 2014, published in Yadernaya Fizika i Inzhiniring, 2014, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 531–536.
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Seleznev, V.P., Revazov, V.O. Study of the effect of properties of material on vacuum breakdown initiated by laser radiation. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 78, 1446–1450 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778815120091
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