DocumentCode
1060432
Title
Near-UV spectral efficiency of high-current xenon flashlamps
Author
Gusinow, M.A.
Author_Institution
Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Volume
11
Issue
12
fYear
1975
fDate
12/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
929
Lastpage
934
Abstract
A discussion is given of the limiting spectral efficiency of flashlamps that are used to pump lasers. Absolute measurements indicate that 4.5 percent of the capacitor-bank energy appears as radiant energy in the region 2500-2900 Å (the nominal pump band of the iodine photodissociation laser) for the flashlamps studied in this work. A large portion of the radiation in this band is due to bound-bound processes and not solely recombination radiation and bremsstrahlung as is usually assumed.
Keywords
Energy measurement; Gas lasers; Glass; Kirchhoff´s Law; Laser excitation; Light sources; Neodymium; Plasma temperature; Pump lasers; Xenon;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1975.1068557
Filename
1068557
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