State of and prospects for XeF(C-A) optically pumped lasers

F.A. van Goor; S.V. Mitko; V.N. Ochkin; W.J. Witteman

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State of and prospects for XeF(C-A) optically pumped lasers

F.A. van Goor, S.V. Mitko, V.N. Ochkin, W.J. Witteman

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Experimental and theoretical results are presented on an XeF(C−A) blue-green laser driven by 5-kJ energy. The laser was pumped by a ferrite-induced discharge of 90 cm in length. The output energy of 0.22 J was obtained with a plane-parallel resonator. A program to simulate laser operation has been developed. Numerical results for a wide range of conditions are compared with experiments performed by us and by other authors. It is found that intracavity refractive losses limit laser operation for XeF pressures above 3 torr. The laser efficiency strongly depends on the discharge-to-cavity length ratio. Possible ways to increase the laser power and efficiency are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	107-120
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Russian laser research
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02558694
Publication status	Published - 1997

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