Title :
Oscillation characteristics of the discharge-pumped vacuum ultraviolet Kr/sub 2/* laser
Author :
Kubodera, Shoichi ; Shirai, Tokimasa ; Higashiguchi, Takeshi ; Sasaki, Wataru ; Kawanaka, J. ; Igarashi, Tatsuo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Miyazaki Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We have made the first observation of the VUV Kr/sub 2/ excimer laser pumped by a compact transverse discharge technique. The glow discharge was obtained even up to 10 atm of pure Kr. The VUV emission intensity centered at 148 nm abruptly increased when the charging voltage exceeded a certain value. in addition to this threshold behavior, a considerable spectral narrowing was observed when the charging voltage was increased.
Keywords :
excimer lasers; glow discharges; krypton; spectral line narrowing; 10 atm; 148 nm; Kr/sub 2/; VUV Kr/sub 2/ excimer laser; VUV emission intensity; charging voltage; compact transverse discharge technique; deconvoluted spectral width; discharge-pumped vacuum ultraviolet Kr/sub 2/* laser; glow discharge; spectral narrowing; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034180
