Efficient XeF laser excited by a proton beam

J. G. Eden; J. Golden; R. A. Mahaffey; J. A. Pasour; R. W. Waynant

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Efficient XeF laser excited by a proton beam

J. G. Eden, J. Golden, R. A. Mahaffey, J. A. Pasour, R. W. Waynant

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The efficient generation of stimulated emission from XeF at 351 and 353 nm has been achieved by pumping RG/Xe/NF₃ gas mixtures (RG=argon, neon, or helium) with an intense (∼10 A cm^-2) beam of ∼200-keV protons. For an active medium (T=300°K) consisting of Ar, Xe, and NF ₃ at a total pressure of 1 atm and 30% cavity output coupling, the volumetric output, efficiency, and threshold pump power for the laser were determined to be 5-10 J/liter amagat, 1.7±0.7%, and 1.5 MW cm ^-3, respectively. Much lower efficiencies were obtained for neon and helium diluent mixtures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	133-136
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.91048
State	Published - 1979
Externally published	Yes

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