Modeling of the self-sustained, discharge-excited xenon-chloride laser

Journal Article · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/27.106833· OSTI ID:5615752

Turner, M M; Smith, P W ^[1]

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1. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife KY 169SS (GB)

In this paper an improved kinetic model for the self-sustained, discharge-excited XeCl laser with Ne-Xe-HCl gas mixtures is described. The improvements include an improved treatment of the HCl vibrational kinetics and a detailed treatment of the XeCl excited-state manifold, and as a result the predictions of the model are in good agreement with several experiments covering a wide range of excitation conditions. Scaling investigations suggest that large improvements in the efficiency of self-sustained, discharge-excited XeCl lasers are not to be expected; however, the model predicts that efficient operation over pulse lengths of several microseconds may be possible if the present difficulties with discharge stability can be overcome.

• OSTI ID: 5615752
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 19:2; ISSN ITPSB; ISSN 0093-3813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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