Comparison between experimental and theoretical results on discharge constriction in XeCl(asterisk) lasers
Abstract
A description is presented of a simple rate equation model of the molecular kinetics of a long-pulse XeCl laser. Studies leading to the development of the model had been initiated with the objective to improve the understanding of the processes responsible for power limitations of the XeCl(asterisk) laser, taking into account also the influence of discharge constriction on gas kinetics. Hogan et al. (1981) have provided a full description of the experimental laser device, to which the model refers. The prediction provided by the model leads to the conclusion that premature termination of the laser output in the long-pulse discharge laser can be explained on the basis of a constriction of the active discharge volume in time and, in addition, as a consequence of the depletion of the halogen donor species (HCl).
- Publication:
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Nuovo Cimento Lettere
- Pub Date:
- May 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984NCimL..40...45B
- Keywords:
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- Gas Discharge Tubes;
- Kinetic Equations;
- Laser Outputs;
- Laser Stability;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Xenon Chloride Lasers;
- Electron Density (Concentration);
- Gas Composition;
- Hydrogen Chlorides;
- Molecular Interactions;
- Population Inversion;
- Lasers and Masers