IMPROVEMENT IN XEF LASER EFFICIENCY AT ELEVATED-TEMPERATURES

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作者
HSIA, JC
MANGANO, JA
JACOB, JH
ROKNI, M
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[1] Avco Everett Research Laboratory Inc., Everett
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10.1063/1.90732
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Improvement in e-beam-pumped XeF laser efficiency is reported when the laser is operated at temperatures above 300°K. The improvement is due predominantly to improved energy extraction from the upper laser level as well as decreased lower level lifetime. The highest intrinsic laser efficiency (laser energy out/e-beam energy deposited in the active medium) observed at 3 amagats and 450 K is 5.5%. The temperature at which the highest efficiency is achieved is observed to increase with increasing gas density.
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