State and prospects of the XeF(C-A) optically pumped laser

S. V. Mitko; Vladimir N. Ochkin; Frederik A. van Goor; Wilhelmus J. Witteman

doi:10.1117/12.270268

4 April 1997 State and prospects of the XeF(C-A) optically pumped laser

S. V. Mitko, Vladimir N. Ochkin, Frederik A. van Goor, Wilhelmus J. Witteman

Proceedings Volume 3092, XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270268
Event: XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High Power Laser Conference, 1996, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

Experimental and theoretical results are presented of a XeF(C- A) blue green laser driven by 5 kJ energy. The laser was pumped by a ferrite induced discharge of 90 cm long. An output energy of 0.22 J has been obtained with a plane-parallel resonator. A code to simulate the laser has been developed. Numerical results for a wide range of conditions are compared with experiments performed by us and other authors. It is found that the intracavity refractive losses limit the laser operation for XeF₂ pressures above 3 Torr. The laser output depends strongly on the discharge-cavity length ratio. Possible ways to increase the laser power and efficiency are discussed.

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S. V. Mitko, Vladimir N. Ochkin, Frederik A. van Goor, and Wilhelmus J. Witteman "State and prospects of the XeF(C-A) optically pumped laser", Proc. SPIE 3092, XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, (4 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270268

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