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Lasers
Study of an electric-discharge molecular fluorine VUV laser
S. K. Vartapetova, A. A. Zhigalkina, K. E. Lapshina, A. Z. Obidina, V. Yu. Khomichb, V. A. Yamshchikovb a Physics Instrumentation Center, A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Troitsk, Moscow region
b Institute of Problems of Electrophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
Abstract:
The effect of the discharge voltage, composition and pressure of the He–F2 gas mixture on the output radiation parameters of a VUV F2 laser is studied. It is shown that reaction of dissociative attachment of electrons to fluorine molecules plays a significant role in the process of active medium excitation. The condition for choosing the optimal mixture composition is determined. The use of a pump generator with multistage magnetic compression of high-voltage pulses and preionisation system with a barrier discharge at the surface of a ceramic tube ensures a high homogeneity of the gas discharge (without cathode spots). A small-size 2.5-mJ F2 laser (with an active volume of ~9 cm3) with a pulse repetition rate of up to 1 kHz operating on a He–F2 mixture at a pressure of up to 3500 mbar is developed.
Received: 21.02.2006
Citation:
S. K. Vartapetov, A. A. Zhigalkin, K. E. Lapshin, A. Z. Obidin, V. Yu. Khomich, V. A. Yamshchikov, “Study of an electric-discharge molecular fluorine VUV laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 36:5 (2006), 393–398 [Quantum Electron., 36:5 (2006), 393–398]
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