Efficient XeCl(B) formation in an electron-beam assisted Xe/HCl laser discharge
Abstract
XeCl(B) formation processes are examined for conditions typical of a discharge-excited laser using HCl as the chlorine donor. It is shown that vibrational excitation of HCl followed by dissociative attachment is a primary step in the reaction sequence resulting in Cl- . XeCl(B) formation is the result of a three-body Xe+ -CL- recombination reaction. Experimental results are presented which demonstrate efficient (∼2%) XeCl laser operation in an e-beam assisted discharge in which over 75% of the energy was deposited by the discharge.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- April 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.91582
- Bibcode:
- 1980ApPhL..36..498N
- Keywords:
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- Electron Beams;
- Gas Discharges;
- Hcl Lasers;
- Recombination Reactions;
- Xenon Compounds;
- Chlorides;
- Gas Dissociation;
- Lasing;
- Molecular Oscillations;
- Lasers and Masers;
- 42.55.Hq;
- 42.60.By;
- Design of specific laser systems