Continuous-wave emission in the ultraviolet from diatomic excimers in a microdischarge

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Frame, JW [1 ]
John, PC [1 ]
De Temple, TA [1 ]
Eden, JG [1 ]
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[1] Univ Illinois, Everitt Lab, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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10.1063/1.121439
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Emission on the I-2 (D'-->A'), XeI (B(2)Sigma(1/2)(+)-->X(2)Sigma(1/2)(+)) and XeO (2 (3)Pi-->1 (3)Pi) bands, peaking in the ultraviolet at 342, 253 and 238 nm, respectively, has been generated on a continuous basis in a microdischarge with a static gas fill. Discharges are produced in Kr/I-2, Xe/I-2, or Xe/O-2 gas mixtures by cylindrical devices 400 mu m in diameter and fabricated in silicon. Rare-gas-halide and -oxide microdischarge lamps are attractive ultraviolet or vacuum ultraviolet sources and XeI, in particular, appears to be a potential replacement for Hg resonance line radiation (253.7 nm). (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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