Method and apparatus for secondary laser pumping by electron beam excitation

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:863070

George, E Victor ^[1]; Krupke, William F ^[2]; Murray, John R ^[1]; Powell, Howard T ^[1]; Swingle, James C ^[1]; Rhodes, Charles K ^[3]

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1. Livermore, CA
2. Pleasanton, CA
3. Palo Alto, CA

An electron beam of energy typically 100 keV excites a fluorescer gas which emits ultraviolet radiation. This radiation excites and drives an adjacent laser gas by optical pumping or photolytic dissociation to produce high efficiency pulses. The invention described herein was made in the course of, or under, United States Energy Research and Development Administration Contract No. W-7405-Eng-48 with the University of California.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4087763
• OSTI ID: 863070
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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