Open problems in the XeCl laser physics

Author

Longo, S. ; Gorse, C. ; Capitelli, M.

Author_Institution

Centro di Studio per Chimica dei Plasmi del CNR, Bari Univ., Italy

Volume

19

Issue

2

fYear

1991

fDate

4/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

379

Lastpage

386

Abstract

The effects of different assumptions related to plasma kinetics and plasma-circuit interaction on the results of a self-consistent code for modeling an XeCl* self-sustained discharge-pumped laser have been examined. In particular, a discussion is presented of the opportunity of coupling chemical and electron kinetics, the role of inductive effects in plasma-circuit interaction, the NeXe⁺ kinetics in Ne-buffered XeCl* lasers, the XeCl* stimulated emission cross section, and the HCl vibrational kinetics. Finally, electron energy distribution functions for a Ne/Xe/HCl laser mixture, obtained by solving the two-term Boltzmann equation and using a Monte Carlo code, have been compared

Keywords

excimer lasers; laser theory; plasma kinetic theory; xenon compounds; Boltzmann equation; HCl; Monte Carlo code; Ne-buffered XeCl* lasers; NeXe⁺; XeCl laser; XeCl* self-sustained discharge-pumped laser; chemical and electron kinetics coupling; electron energy distribution; plasma kinetics; plasma-circuit interaction; self-consistent code; stimulated emission; vibrational kinetics; Chemical lasers; Distribution functions; Electron emission; Kinetic theory; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical coupling; Physics; Plasma chemistry; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.106836

Filename

106836