XeCl avalanche discharge laser employing Ar as a diluent

Patent · Wed Oct 10 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:6789045

Sze, R C

A XeCl avalanche discharge exciplex laser which uses a gaseous lasing starting mixture of: 0.2 to 0.4% chlorine donor/2.5% to 10% Xe/97.3% to 89.6% Ar) is provided. The chlorine donor normally comprises HCl but can also comprise CCl/sub 4/ BCl/sub 3/. Use of Ar as a diluent gas reduces operating pressures over other rare gas halide lasers to near atmospheric pressure, increases output lasing power of the XeCl avalanche discharge laser by 30% to exceed KrF avalanche discharge lasing outputs, and is less expensive to operate.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): None
• OSTI ID: 6789045
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
ARGON
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
DESIGN
DILUTION
DYES
ECONOMICS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GAS LASERS
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENS
LASERS
NONMETALS
OPERATION
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
RADIATIONS
RARE GAS COMPOUNDS
RARE GASES
SAFETY
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
XENON CHLORIDES
XENON COMPOUNDS