An injection-locked unstable resonator rare-gas halide discharge laser of narrow linewidth and high spatial quality

An injection-locked unstable resonator rare-gas halide discharge laser of narrow linewidth and high spatial quality

An oscillator-amplifier KrF discharge laser system capable of providing up to 400 mJ output with 0.1-cm -1 linewidth in a 20-ns pulse is described. The output beam divergence is described and shown to be affected by the discharge current. The output beam is near the diffraction limit in the directio...

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Published in:IEEE journal of quantum electronics Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 235 - 241
Main Authors: Goldhar, J., Rapoport, W., Murray, J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01-02-1980
Subjects:
Capacitors
Diffraction
Fault location
Laser beams
Laser feedback
Laser modes
Optical design
Optical pulses
Pulse amplifiers
Pump lasers
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Summary:An oscillator-amplifier KrF discharge laser system capable of providing up to 400 mJ output with 0.1-cm -1 linewidth in a 20-ns pulse is described. The output beam divergence is described and shown to be affected by the discharge current. The output beam is near the diffraction limit in the direction parallel to the discharge and about three times the diffraction limit transverse to the discharge. Operation with XeCl at up to 250 mJ with similar linewidth and spatial quality is also described.
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ISSN:0018-9197
1558-1713
DOI:10.1109/JQE.1980.1070457