Title :
Powerful electroionization laser on Xe infrared atomic transitions
Author :
Basov, N.G. ; Chugunov, A. YU ; Danilychev, V.A. ; Kholin, I.V. ; Ustinovsky, M.N.
Author_Institution :
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR
fDate :
2/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A powerful pulsed high-pressure Ar-Xe laser with an active volume of 91 is studied. Laser output energies of 5.8 J for electron-beam pumping and 19 J for electroionization pumping are attained. The laser power exceeds 13 MW. More than 95 percent of the output laser energy is concentrated in the line with

m. Efficiencies greater than 5 percent were observed.
Keywords :
Electric discharge pumping; Electron beam pumping; Infrared lasers; Noble-gas lasers; Pulsed lasers; Argon; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1983.1071828