High-power XeCl discharge laser with a large active volume
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 61 (9) , 4691-4693
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.338382
Abstract
An x-ray preionized discharge-pumped XeCl laser with a 10-cm laser-electrode separation has been developed. The laser has a pulse-transmission line in the excitation circuit to realize a high pulse-forming line voltage and a low output impedance. The maximum laser energy obtained is 44 J in an 85-ns pulse (FWHM), corresponding to the peak power of 520 MW. The highest electrical efficiency of 2.9% has been achieved with a laser energy of 16.4 J.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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