Theoretical evaluation of the rare-gas diluent effects for an electron-beam-excited XeCl laser
Abstract
The effect of various rare-gas diluents on the operating performance of the e-beam-excited XeCl laser is theoretically analyzed. The analysis of the XeCl* pumping process and the extraction process could solve the dependence of the intrinsic efficiency, small-signal gain, and absorption on the rare-gas diluent. As a result, there is no appreciable difference in the intrinsic efficiency between the Ar-based and the Ne-based mixtures. Selecting the optimum excitation parameters, the highest intrinsic efficiency of 5% is achieved for both diluents. Although the highest small-signal gain is achieved without a diluent gas, the extraction efficiency is reduced and the intrinsic efficiency is small due to the large amount of three-body collisional quenching.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- May 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.94093
- Bibcode:
- 1983ApPhL..42..766K
- Keywords:
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- Electron Pumping;
- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Xenon Chloride Lasers;
- Diluents;
- Lasing;
- Molecular Absorption;
- Molecular Relaxation;
- Population Inversion;
- Lasers and Masers