IMPROVED OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS OF A VACUUM-ULTRAVIOLET XENON GAS-JETDISCHARGE LAMP WITH A MAGNETIC-FIELD

Authors
KAWANAKA J OGATA A KUBODERA S SASAKI W KUROSAWA K
Citation
J. Kawanaka et al., IMPROVED OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS OF A VACUUM-ULTRAVIOLET XENON GAS-JETDISCHARGE LAMP WITH A MAGNETIC-FIELD, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 65(4-5), 1997, pp. 609-612
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
65
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
609 - 612
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1997)65:4-5<609:IOCOAV>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We have improved the output characteristics of a vacuum ultraviolet (V UV) xenon excimer lamp by applying a magnetic field parallel to the xe non gas jet discharge current. Active control of the discharge plasma by applying an axial magnetic field enables us to reduce the character istic diffusion length, leading to an increase in the xenon excimer em ission power. With a magnetic field strength of 0.1 T, the maximum emi ssion power is 500 mW, which is 2.4 times as high as that with no magn etic field.