Pulsed Discharge in Vapors of Mixtures of Cesium with Metals

Based on the results of computational and experimental studies, it is shown that the use of a cesium-rubidium alloy as a plasma-forming medium in serial pulsed sources of IR radiation is promising. It was found that at a 25% weight content of rubidium in an alloy with cesium, the vapor pressure and thermal conductivity of the plasma are close to the specified characteristics of a serial flash lamp filled with cesium amalgam. The results made it possible to increase the peak radiation power and create an environmentally friendly pulsed source of infrared radiation.