Investigations of a large‐volume high‐pressure pulsed electrical CO2 laser that employs volumetric photopreionization of the gas by ultraviolet radiation are reported. An optical energy extraction of 40 J/literatm at 700 Torr and a conversion efficiency of 24% have been obtained.

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