XeCl avalanche discharge laser employing Ar as a diluent

Patent · Wed Oct 10 00:00:00 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
• OSTI ID: 6789045
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
GAS LASERS
DESIGN
OPERATION
ARGON
CHLORINE
DILUTION
DYES
ECONOMICS
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
SAFETY
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
XENON CHLORIDES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENS
LASERS
NONMETALS
RADIATIONS
RARE GAS COMPOUNDS
RARE GASES
XENON COMPOUNDS
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