Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Improvement in efficiency of x-ray preionized XeCl lasers

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

While providing useful sources of high-power UV radiation, discharge-pumped excimer lasers suffer from the disadvantage of having relatively low electrical efficiencies. A major contributory factor to this is the inefficient transfer of energy from the storage source into the laser plasma during the lasing period. Recent studies with an x-ray preionized XeCl laser (Fig. 1) have identified the impedance and inductance of the driving circuit as having a significant effect on the overall efficiency. The laser was of 0.91 active volume and produced pulses of energy up to 4.65 J and durations of 100-140 nsec.

© 1984 Optical Society of America

PDF Article
More Like This
Large Volume X-ray Preionized XeCl Laser

L. F. Champagne, A. J. Dudas, and B. L. Wexler
ThR8 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1984

Efficient X-ray Preionization of a XeCl Laser

H. Shields and A.J. Alcock
WJ8 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1982

Characteristics of large-volume x-ray preionized discharge XeCl lasers

S. BOLLANTI, P. Di LAZZARO, F. FLORA, I. GIAB-BAI, G. GIORDANO, T. LETARDI, and C. E. ZHENG
TUM17 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1988

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved