High efficiency, high-energy performance of an X-ray preionized Ar-Xe laser

Journal Article · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/3.102644· OSTI ID:5747220

Tucker, J E; Wexler, B L ^[1]

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1. Laser Physics Branch, Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (US)

This paper reports that improved performance has been obtained from the x-ray preionized argon-xenon laser by using a spiker-sustainer circuit to efficiently pump the discharge. An output of 420 mJ was obtained from a 0.4 L active volume at 2 atm pressure with an overall efficiency of 1%. An efficiency of 4.1% due to the sustainer contribution alone was also realized.

• OSTI ID: 5747220
• Journal Information: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Journal Name: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA) Vol. 26:9; ISSN 0018-9197; ISSN IEJQA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LASER MATERIALS
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