Diffraction-limited KrF and XeF lasers with a negative-branch unstable resonator
- 15 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 30 (6), 278-280
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89366
Abstract
Diffraction‐limited performance has been achieved in discharge‐excited KrF and XeF lasers by using an unstable resonator configuration. A peak power of 5 MW (50 mJ) was produced from a Blumlein circuit with stored energy of only 5 J.Keywords
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