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Picosecond ultraviolet pulses for high brightness xuv generation. Final report, 1 July 1981-31 December 1981

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5223624

The development of high-spectral-brightness rare-gas-halogen lasers is an important step towards the efficient generation of extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray coherent radiation. Such lasers have been developed at 248 nm and at 193 nm, with 10 nsec duration and diffraction-limited divergence. Also, at 10 mJ, 10 psec system was developed at 193 nm. Extreme ultraviolet radiation (64 to 83 nm) was generated from all these lasers, with efficiency of up to approx. 10/sup -5/. Further improvements on the psec ArF* laser hold the promise of generating radiation of even shorter wavelengths, with a wide spectrum of applications in fundamental as well as applied research.

Research Organization:
Illinois Univ., Chicago (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
AS02-79ER10350
OSTI ID:
5223624
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/10350-2; ON: DE82011949
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English