High cw power ultraviolet generation from wall-confined noble gas ion lasers
- 15 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 29 (12), 795-797
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88952
Abstract
Cw ultraviolet laser output of up to 16 W from the 3511‐ and 3638‐Å lines of Ar III, 6.7 W from the 3507‐ and 3564‐Å lines of Kr III, and 1.8 W from the 3746‐ and 3781‐Å lines of Xe III have been observed in purely wall‐confined noble gas discharges. The current density dependence of laser output from these doubly‐ionized species is found to be extremely strong but consistent with our theoretical predictions. The maximum observed output of 16 W from Ar III so far, however, is only limited by rapid optical degradation of the uv cavity mirrors.Keywords
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