Excimer laser gain by pulse shape analysis
Abstract
An analysis is presented which shows that the temporal behavior of a low-gain laser system such as the triatomic Xe2Cl can be described in terms of a Q-switch model. The initial losses that prevent the system from laser oscillation are due to transient absorption of the e-beam excited rare gas mixture acting as a chemical Q-switch. Details of a gain determination based on pulse shape analysis are presented. It is shown that the ring-up time of a delayed laser pulse may be conveniently used for optimization of the laser gas mixture.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- July 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1109/JQE.1981.1071248
- Bibcode:
- 1981IJQE...17.1281M
- Keywords:
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- Excimer Lasers;
- Gas Lasers;
- Power Gain;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Q Switched Lasers;
- Waveforms;
- Computer Aided Design;
- Energy Dissipation;
- Fluorescence;
- Gas Mixtures;
- Photoabsorption;
- Rare Gases;
- Time Dependence;
- Xenon Compounds;
- Lasers and Masers