Abstract
In applications such as laser Isotope separation, a long-lifetime high-power short-wavelength laser is needed. With this goal in mind, a 150-liter closed-loop XeCl laser (Mistral) producing light at 308 nm was developed. Previous results with this laser system demonstrated 100- mJ/pulse output energies at over 1000 pps; however, the laser was operated only for a few minutes at a time.1,2 With recent Improvements the laser has been operated continuously at 500 pps for 8 h (1.4 5 107 shots) producing over 50 mJ/pulse on a single fill of HCI-Xe-He-Ne gas mixture. During this time period the output power dropped by ~10%.
© 1983 Optical Society of America
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