Planar excilamp on rare gas chlorides pumped by a transverse self-sustained discharge

Journal Article · Tue Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2006 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2006V036N02ABEH013119· OSTI ID:21456845

Panchenko, Aleksei N; Tarasenko, Viktor F ^[1]

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1. Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk (Russian Federation)

The design and parameters of a UV-VUV spontaneous radiation source - an excilamp operating on chlorides of rare gases ArCl{sup *}, KrCl{sup *} and XeCl{sup *} in the wavelength range 175-308 nm are presented. The Ne-Xe(Kr, Ar)-HCl mixtures were excited by a high-pressure self-sustained discharge with spark preionisation. It is shown that upon pumping mixtures of rare gases and halogens by a transverse discharge, the intensities of the B-X emission band of molecules ArCl{sup *}, KrCl{sup *} and XeCl{sup *} are comparable and up to 90% of the emission energy of excilamps can be concentrated in the UV region. The peak UV power density at 222 and 308 nm on the output window of the excilamp was {approx}2 kW cm{sup -2} for the pulse energy up to {approx} 3 mJ. The output emission energy of the excilamp at 175 nm achieved {approx}0.6 mJ and the peak power density was {approx}0.4 kW cm{sup -2}. (laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics)

• OSTI ID: 21456845
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 36, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2006v036n02ABEH013119; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EXCIMER LASERS
FAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
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HYDROCHLORIC ACID
MIXTURES
MOLECULES
PEAK LOAD
PHOTON EMISSION
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PRESSURE RANGE MEGA PA 10-100
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RARE GASES
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
WAVELENGTHS
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
DISPERSIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
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FLUIDS
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HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
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LASERS
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