Excimer lamp pumped by a triggered longitudinal discharge

Author

Bollanti, S. ; Clementi, G. ; Di Lazzaro, P. ; Flora, F. ; Giordano, G. ; Letardi, T. ; Muzzi, F. ; Schina, G. ; Zheng, C.E.

Author_Institution

Centro Ricerche Frascati, ENEA, Rome, Italy

Volume

27

Issue

1

fYear

1999

fDate

2/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

211

Lastpage

218

Abstract

The ultraviolet (UV) radiation performance of an XeCl excimer lamp is measured as a function of the gas mixture composition (with and without neon as buffer gas) and pumping condition (longitudinal discharge with and without trigger). Both spatial distribution and spectral content of the emitted UV radiations are carefully determined including the contribution of the XeCl (B-X), XeCl (C-A), and Xe continuum emissions. A peak power density of up to 3 kW/cm² and an average power density of up to 0.2 W/cm² can be achieved when using a simple cylindrical aluminum reflector

Keywords

discharges (electric); excimers; optical pumping; xenon compounds; B-X continuum emission; C-A continuum emission; UV radiation performance; Xe continuum emission; XeCl; XeCl continuum emission; XeCl excimer lamp pumping; average power density; buffer gas; cylindrical aluminum reflector; emitted UV radiations; gas mixture composition; longitudinal discharge; peak power density; pumping condition; spatial distribution; spectral content; trigger; triggered longitudinal discharge; Aluminum; Atmosphere; Chemical industry; Chemical lasers; Chemical processes; Discharges; Electron tubes; Gas lasers; Lamps; Pulse modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.763120

Filename

763120