SMALL VOLUME LONG PULSE X-RAY PREIONIZED XECL LASER WITH DOUBLE DISCHARGE AND FAST FERRITE MAGNETIC SWITCH

被引:6
作者
HUEBER, JM
FONTAINE, BL
DELAPORTE, PC
FORESTIER, BM
SENTIS, ML
机构
[1] Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Marseille, UM 34 CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille
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10.1016/0030-4018(91)90402-Y
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A long pulse, high efficiency X-ray preionized discharge XeCl laser has been obtained with a Ne/Xe/HCl mixture at 2.3 atm pressure in a 50 cm3 active volume, for a 25 cm gain length, by combining double discharge technique (spiker/sustainer) with a new fast ferrite magnetic switch. An efficiency of 3%, with 120 mJ extracted optical energy in a 140 ns (fwhm) laser pulse length, has been demonstrated.
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