A. N. Malinin, A. V. Polyak, N. N. Guivan, N. g. Zubrilin, L. L. Shimon, “Coaxial HgI excimer lamps”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2002, Volume 32, Number 2,Pages <nobr>155

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Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics

Coaxial HgI excimer lamps

A. N. Malinin^a, A. V. Polyak^a, N. N. Guivan^a, N. G. Zubrilin^b, L. L. Shimon^a

^a Uzhgorod National University
^b Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev

Abstract: The emission of coaxial HgI excimer lamps pumped by a repetitively pulsed barrier discharge is experimentally studied. The stable operation of the excimer lamps was demonstrated at pump-pulse repetition rates from 0.5 to 12 kHz, and the average emission power attained of 0.6 W at 444 nm. It was found that upon an addition of 0.8% of xenon to the mixture of helium and mercury diiodide, the pulse and average emission powers increased by 30%. The emission power reduced by 5% after 2.5 × 10⁶ pulses. An interpretation of the results of optimising the excimer lamp characteristics is given.

PACS: 42.72.Bj, 52.80.Yr

Received: 25.04.2001