Title :
Development of pulsed e-beam systems for large volume high power KrF lasers
Author :
Craddock, D. ; Edwards, C.B. ; Gilbert, F.S. ; Neill, F.O. ; Nicholas, D.J. ; Shaw, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Laser Division, SERC, Rutherford and Appleton Laboratories Chilton, Didcot, 0X0N 0X11 OQX, England
fDate :
June 29 1981-July 3 1981
Abstract :
A 200J, 60ns, e-beam-pumped KrF laser code-named SPRITE is presently being constructed. A half-sized cold cathode SPRITE diode has been tested on an existing e-beam machine. Greater than 65% of the diode energy has been extracted from the e-beam diode and deposited in a gas cell. Observed deposition profiles in the gas compare well with calculations. In the final machine the SPRITE diodes will be fed from four, 60ns, 5Ω water-filled pulse forming lines and the line output gaps will be laser triggered for synchronisation. One arm of this 5Ω pulsed power system has been successfully tested.
Keywords :
Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Sprites (computer);
Conference_Titel :
High-Power Electron and Ion Beam Research & Technology, 1981 4th International Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Palaiseau, France
Print_ISBN :
000-0-0000-0000-0
