Effective saturable absorber for KrF lasers
- 20 October 1986
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 49 (16) , 989-991
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.97467
Abstract
We report what we believe is the first demonstration of an effective and scalable saturable absorber for KrF lasers. Our measurements show that a 10-cm path length of ozone (O3) at a partial pressure ∼1 Torr will attenuate a flux of less than 50 mJ/cm2 by a factor ∼50 (∼2% transmission), while allowing transmission of ∼90% for energy densities above 1 J/cm2.Keywords
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