M. I. Lomaev, G. A. Mesyats, D. V. Rybka, V. F. Tarasenko, E. Kh. Baksht, “High-power short-pulse xenon dimer spontaneous radiation source”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2007, Volume 37, Number 6,Pages <nobr>595

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VUV radiation sources

High-power short-pulse xenon dimer spontaneous radiation source

M. I. Lomaev^a, G. A. Mesyats^b, D. V. Rybka^a, V. F. Tarasenko^a, E. Kh. Baksht^a

^a Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk
^b P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: A high-power VUV radiation source based on a self-sustained nanosecond volume discharge in an inhomogeneous electric field is developed. It is shown that the volume discharge can be formed at high xenon and helium pressures without using a preionisation source. The 8-ns (FWHM), 172-nm, 1-MW radiation pulses emitted into a total solid angle are obtained in xenon at a pressure of 12 atm.

PACS: 52.80Yr, 42.72.Bj

Received: 24.01.2007