High Pulse Energy Gas Flow X-Ray Preionized XeCl Laser

Qihong Lou

doi:10.1117/12.950553

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20 June 1989 High Pulse Energy Gas Flow X-Ray Preionized XeCl Laser

Qihong Lou

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Proceedings Volume 1031, 7th Intl Symp on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950553
Event: 7th International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers, 1988, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

Most electric discharge pumped excimer laser with x-ray preionization use water transmiss-ion line as power supply, in this paper, a lumped low inductance capacitor bank was used for deriving the x-ray preionized XeCl laser to increase the laser output energy density. In case of the water transmission line, the laser pulse was a sharp spike with FWHM of 65 ns and the specific laser energy of 6 Joule / liter, with low inductance capacitor bank, the laser pulse duration was increased to 85 ns with specific laser energy as high as 9 Joule / liter. The superior characteristics of the low inductance capacitor bank to the water transmission line are very effective for repetitive pulse operation with pulse energy of 1.5 Joule at 25 pps. The effects of gas flow velocity and input energy density on the laser performance were studied in detail.

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Qihong Lou "High Pulse Energy Gas Flow X-Ray Preionized XeCl Laser", Proc. SPIE 1031, 7th Intl Symp on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers, (20 June 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950553

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