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Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1996 Volume 23, Number 9, Pages 787–790 (Mi qe776)

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Lasers

Electric-discharge XeCl laser with 4% efficiency and 14 J output energy

V. A. Basov, I. N. Konovalov

Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk

Abstract: An investigation was made of an electric-discharge XeCl laser with an active region of 5.5 cm × 7 cm × 100 cm dimensions. This laser was pumped by a voltage generator based on capacitance storage lines. A multichannel spark-discharge gap was used as a fast-response switch. An Ne — Xe — HCl working mixture was preionised with soft x-rays. When the charging voltage applied to the capacitance lines was constant, an output radiation energy of 10.5 J and an efficiency of 3% (in terms of the stored energy) were achieved. When the capacitance lines were subjected to pulsed charging, the energy per pulse was 14 J and the efficiency was 4%.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.Lh

Received: 01.01.1996


 English version:
Quantum Electronics, 1996, 26:9, 767–770

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