OPTIMIZATION OF THE PULSE DURATION OF A DISCHARGE-PUMPED XEF(B-]X) EXCIMER-LASER

Authors
MEI QC PETERS PJM TRENTELMAN M WITTEMAN WJ
Citation
Qc. Mei et al., OPTIMIZATION OF THE PULSE DURATION OF A DISCHARGE-PUMPED XEF(B-]X) EXCIMER-LASER, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 60(6), 1995, pp. 553-556
Citations number
7
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
60
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
553 - 556
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1995)60:6<553:OOTPDO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In an x-ray preionised XeF(B-->X) discharge-excited laser driven by a magnetic-spiker sustainer circuit with a magnetic pulse compressor the influence of the various parameters on the optical pulse duration was experimentally investigated. Laser pulses at lambda=351 nm with a dur ation of 212 ns (FWHM) have been achieved in a NF3/Xe/Ne mixture by us ing very low (0.25 mbar) NF3 partial pressures in a total gas pressure of 2.5 bar and with a high-reflecting output coupling mirror.