XeCl laser operation with liquid chlorine donors: An experimental investigation on the gas composition
Abstract
An experimental investigation on the performance of a spark preionized high energy XeCl laser operating with liquid chlorine donors is reported. Output energy of 70 mJ and 110 mJ has been achieved with CCl 4 and SiCl 4 respectively. In both cases the effective chlorine donor appears to be HCl synthetized by discharge-induced reactions during a preliminary run of discharges.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- September 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0030-4018(81)90458-2
- Bibcode:
- 1981OptCo..39...75S
- Keywords:
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- Chlorides;
- Gas Composition;
- High Power Lasers;
- Lasing;
- Rare Gas-Halide Lasers;
- Xenon Compounds;
- Chlorine;
- Donor Materials;
- Laser Outputs;
- Liquefied Gases;
- Tea Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers