Improvement in the performance of an Ar-Xe laser using magnetic spiker sustainer discharge excitation

Author

Mei, Qi-Chu ; Peters, P.J.M. ; Witteman, W.J.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China

Volume

31

Issue

12

fYear

1995

fDate

12/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2190

Lastpage

2194

Abstract

In an X-ray preionized Ar-Xe laser using a magnetic-spiker sustainer discharge circuit with a magnetic pulse compressor a parametric investigation of the laser output versus gas composition and electrical excitation was performed. A considerable improvement in the performance of the discharge excited Ar-Xe laser was demonstrated. An output energy of 436 mJ was obtained from an active volume of 0.26 l at a total gas pressure of 1.8 bar containing 1% Xe in Ar with an overall efficiency of 2.1%

Keywords

X-ray applications; argon; excimer lasers; excited states; laser transitions; xenon; 1.8 bar; 2.1 percent; 436 mJ; Ar-Xe; Ar-Xe laser; X-ray preionized; active volume; discharge excited Ar-Xe laser; electrical excitation; excimer lasers; gas composition; laser output; laser transitions; magnetic pulse compressor; magnetic spiker sustainer discharge excitation; magnetic-spiker sustainer discharge circuit; output energy; overall efficiency; parametric investigation; total gas pressure; Argon; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Fault location; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Optical pulses; Pulse circuits; Pump lasers; X-ray lasers; Xenon;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.477746

Filename

477746