Density measurements of excited components in a longitudinal discharge excimer laser

Author

Furuhashi, H. ; Ichikawa, M. ; Fuwa, E. ; Goto, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Network Eng., Aichi Inst. of Technol., Toyota, Japan

Volume

29

Issue

6

fYear

1993

fDate

6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1520

Lastpage

1525

Abstract

Time-dependent particle number densities of the excited components (Xe^+*, He^*) in a longitudinal-discharge XeCl excimer laser have been measured by laser absorption probing with a CW dye laser. The densities are compared with those in transversal-discharge XeCl excimer lasers. The formation dynamics of the XeCl excimer molecules, excited atoms, and excited ions are discussed. The dependence of the particle number densities of the Xe^+* ions on the buffer gas pressure, the Xe gas pressure, and the HCl gas pressure is investigated

Keywords

atomic excited states; excimer lasers; xenon compounds; CW dye laser; HCl; HCl gas pressure; He; Xe gas pressure; Xe⁺; XeCl; buffer gas pressure; excimer molecules; excited atoms; excited components; excited ions; formation dynamics; laser absorption probing; longitudinal discharge excimer laser; time-dependent particle number densities; Density measurement; Gas lasers; Helium; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Particle measurements; Plasma measurements; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.234403

Filename

234403