Design and characteristics of high pulse repetition rate and high average power excimer laser systems

Author

Sentis, Marc L. ; Delaporte, Philippe ; Forestier, Bernard M. ; Fontaine, Bernard L.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Mecanique des Fluides de Marseille, CNRS, Univ. d´´Aix-Marseille, France

Volume

27

Issue

10

fYear

1991

fDate

10/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2332

Lastpage

2339

Abstract

The authors describe the design and the performance characteristics of an X-ray preionized discharge pumped XeCl laser system operated at very high repetition rate frequency and high average power (200 W). The laser system is mainly composed of a fast flow subsonic closed cycle wind tunnel, a laser head, a high average power electrical excitation system, and an X-ray preionization source. The laser head design and the damping of acoustic waves induced by fast electrical energy deposition of 50 J/L bar allows this device to be operated at repetition rate frequencies of up to ≈1700 Hz

Keywords

excimer lasers; xenon compounds; 200 W; X-ray preionized; XeCl laser; acoustic wave damping; discharge pumped; electrical excitation system; excimer laser systems; fast electrical energy deposition; fast flow subsonic closed cycle wind tunnel; high average power; high pulse repetition rate; laser head; laser head design; very high repetition rate frequency; Acoustic waves; Damping; Fault location; Frequency; Laser excitation; Optical design; Power lasers; Pulsed laser deposition; Pump lasers; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.97278

Filename

97278