Repetitively pulsed operating regime of a high-pressure atomic xenon transition laser
- Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk (Russian Federation)
The repetitively pulsed regime of an atomic xenon transition laser pumped by an electron beam with various pulse durations and an electron-beam-initiated discharge is studied experimentally. An average radiation power of 2.5 W has been achieved in a quasi-stationary regime for a pulse repetition rate of 5 Hz in a laser pumped by a radially convergent electron beam of duration 100 {mu}s without circulation of the Ar - Xe working mixture. The average output power for a laser pumped by a planar electron beam in quasi-stationary regime is 2 W. It is shown that for a specific energy contribution not exceeding 50 J L{sup -1} and laser excitation by a train of electron-beam pulses at a repetition rate of 50 Hz, the amplitude and duration of the second lasing pulse virtually coincide with those of the first. For a laser pumped by a discharge initiated by a nanosecond electron beam, an average lasing power of 380 mW is achieved under steady-state conditions upon transverse circulation of the working mixture and a pump pulse repetition rate of 25 Hz. Pumping by an electron beam from two accelerators with a pulse duration of a few tens of microseconds under an Ar - Xe mixture pressure of about 1 atm and a specific pump power of 1 - 3 kW cm{sup -3} per pulse is proposed for the development of 1.73-{mu}m repetitively pulsed Xe lasers with a high average output power. (lasers)
- OSTI ID:
- 21470548
- Journal Information:
- Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 34, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2004v034n06ABEH002766; ISSN 1063-7818
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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