Abstract

Recently, the XeF (C→A) excimer laser is renewly focused by some reports for the lasing demonstration with the mode of laser media such as an atmospheric-pressure pumped by electron-beam (e-beam)¹ and a 2.2 atm pumped by commercial type discharge.² The reason of refocused XeF (C→A) laser can be taken into account that because of its own inherent properties with the broadband tunable wavelength in the blue-green spectral region, the possibility of scale-up system, and it has many application fields such as undersea communication, remote sensing, medicine, and laser spectroscopy, etc. Besides the operational mode of low pressure (≤1 atm) offers some advantages that the use of wide aperture laser cavity, thin optical windows, and easy handling of laser gases.

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