Rare-earth plasma light source for VUV applications
Abstract
A compact versatile light source for producing VUV radiation from laser produced plasmas is described. Measurements of the spectral irradiance from CO2 laser-produced plasmas on targets of gadolinium and ytterbium in the 115-220-nm range are given, and a comparison is made with analogous results obtained using a ruby laser.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- September 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.20.003043
- Bibcode:
- 1981ApOpt..20.3043O
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Far Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Laser Plasma Interactions;
- Light Sources;
- Plasma Radiation;
- Rare Earth Elements;
- Gadolinium;
- Irradiance;
- Laser Plasmas;
- Laser Targets;
- Plasma Spectra;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Ruby Lasers;
- Tea Lasers;
- Ytterbium;
- Lasers and Masers;
- ULTRAVIOLET: VACUUM;
- SOURCES;
- LASERS