A comprehensive kinetic model of the electron-beam-excited xenon chloride laser

Journal Article · Fri Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Journal of Applied Physics; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.343639· OSTI ID:7267810

Johnson, T H; Cartland, H E; Genoni, T C; Hunter, A M ^[1]

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1. Science Research Laboratory, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York 10996-5000 (US)

A new kinetics model capable of simulating performance of electron-beam-pumped xenon chloride lasers over the full range of experimental evidence is presented. The model comprises 202 chemical processes employing 41 species. Its operation is described and the full set of rate equations given. Calculations of stimulated emission and absorption cross sections for XeCl are presented, and simulations of various lasing results are shown in the context of explicating dominant processes. Major kinetics issues are examined, particularly those leading to the model's rates for vibrational excitation of HCl and for electron quenching of the excited excimer molecule.

• OSTI ID: 7267810
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics; (USA), Vol. 66:12; ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
EXCIMER LASERS
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
ABSORPTION
CROSS SECTIONS
ELECTRON BEAM PUMPING
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
SIMULATION
STIMULATED EMISSION
VIBRATIONAL STATES
XENON CHLORIDES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ELECTRICAL PUMPING
EMISSION
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITED STATES
GAS LASERS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
KINETICS
LASERS
PUMPING
RARE GAS COMPOUNDS
REACTION KINETICS
XENON COMPOUNDS
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