Parametric study of a constant E/N pumped high-power KrF/asterisk/ laser
Abstract
The application of a novel constant voltage excitation technique has led to the production of volume glow discharges in a scalable multiatmosphere rare gas halide laser. Such discharges are obtained using a high-voltage discharge circuit which optimizes energy transfer from the power conditioning system into the load, up to the voltage limit of the system components. A detailed parametric study has been carried out for KrF/asterisk/ at pressures up to 6 atm and output energies in excess of 0.6 J were obtained from an active volume of 0.18 l
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1978IJQE...14..177S
- Keywords:
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- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Gas Lasers;
- Glow Discharges;
- Laser Outputs;
- Pumping;
- Rare Gas Compounds;
- Electric Fields;
- Electron Pumping;
- High Voltages;
- Krypton;
- Optimization;
- Photoionization;
- Power Conditioning;
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Lasers and Masers