Spatially resolved gain measurements in UV preionized homogenous discharge XeCl and KrF lasers
作者:
Shuntaro Watanabe,
A. J. Alcock,
K. E. Leopold,
R. S. Taylor,
期刊:
Applied Physics Letters
(AIP Available online 1981)
卷期:
Volume 38,
issue 1
页码: 3-6
ISSN:0003-6951
年代: 1981
DOI:10.1063/1.92125
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Spatially uniform avalanche discharges of relatively long duration have been obtained in a UV‐preionized, high‐pressure, rare‐gas–halide laser. In the case of XeCl pulse durations as long as 70 ns have been observed. The spatial distribution of the small‐signal gain in a plane transverse to the laser axis has been measured. The active discharge cross sections with better than 90% gain uniformity were 2.8×3.0 and 2.8×2.5 cm2for XeCl and KrF, respectively. The use of neon rather than helium as a buffer gas increased the discharge cross section, and the laser pulse duration resulting in improved laser output energy densities of 4.5 J/l in XeCl and 2.8 J/l in KrF.
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