Neutron-pumped excimer flashlamp sources

George H Miley; Mark A. Prelas

doi:10.1117/12.504396

7 January 2004 Neutron-pumped excimer flashlamp sources

George H Miley, Mark A. Prelas

Proceedings Volume 5196, Laser-Generated and Other Laboratory X-Ray and EUV Sources, Optics, and Applications; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504396
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A Nuclear Pumped Flashlamp (NPF) is closely related to a Nuclear-Pumped Laser NPL in that both use nuclear radiation to excite the medium. The NPF does not require as high peak power as is needed for NPL inversion. Still, with a reactor source, a large volume NPF can be designed to deliver extremely large fluorescence in the UV up to the infrared range, depending on the media employed. The NPF can then be used for industrial applications or for pumping a laser requiring a high intensity light pump. The first experimental example of this approach was a ³He-XeBr₂ NPF employed in 1993 to pump a small iodine laser. The present paper discusses issues involved in scaling such a NPF up to an ultra high energy output.

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George H Miley and Mark A. Prelas "Neutron-pumped excimer flashlamp sources", Proc. SPIE 5196, Laser-Generated and Other Laboratory X-Ray and EUV Sources, Optics, and Applications, (7 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504396

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