Title :
Maximum performance of discharge-pumped exciplex laser at λ=222 nm
Author :
Panchenko, Aleksei N. ; Tarasenko, Victor F.
Author_Institution :
High Current Electron. Inst., Tomsk, Russia
fDate :
7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The results of an experimental investigation into lasing and spontaneous emission from Ne(He, Ar)-Kr-HCl are presented. Evidence has been gathered of the effect of the pumping power, preionization rate, pumping pulse duration, and composition and pressure of the gas mixture on the lasing characteristics under discharge pumping. KrCl* formation efficiency is shown to be nearly half as much as for XeCl*. The output energy was 0.65 J for ~60 ns laser pulse duration (FWHM), 2.5% efficiency based on the pumping power, and 0.65% efficiency based on the stored energy while for the 10 ns pulse duration, 2.7% efficiency based on the pumping power and 0.8% efficiency based on the stored energy the output energy was 0.15 J. Recommendations are made for development of KrCl lasers with maximum output parameters
Keywords :
excimer lasers; krypton compounds; optical pumping; preionisation; spontaneous emission; 0.15 J; 0.65 J; 0.65 percent; 0.8 percent; 10 ns; 2.5 percent; 2.7 percent; 60 ns; HCl; Kr; KrCl; KrCl lasers; KrCl* formation efficiency; Ne-Ar; Ne-He; discharge pumping; discharge-pumped exciplex laser; gas mixture; laser pulse duration; lasing; lasing characteristics; maximum output parameters; maximum performance; output energy; preionization rate; pulse duration; pumping power; pumping pulse duration; spontaneous emission; stored energy; Fault location; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Plasma sources; Power lasers; Pulsed laser deposition; Pump lasers; Spontaneous emission;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
