Experimental Analysis Of An X-Ray Preionized XeCl Laser

J. Bonnet; D. Pigache; E. Estocq; P. Laborde; M. Stehle

doi:10.1117/12.950546

20 June 1989 Experimental Analysis Of An X-Ray Preionized XeCl Laser

J. Bonnet, D. Pigache, E. Estocq, P. Laborde, M. Stehle

Proceedings Volume 1031, 7th Intl Symp on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950546
Event: 7th International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers, 1988, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

Laser energies of several joules per pulse are obtained in XeCL lasers with X-ray preionized discharge. High average power are accessible with this technique at high repetition rate, but reliability problems occur, especially for the electron gun of the X-ray source. In this work, a secondary emission electron gun is used for the X-ray source. This gun has a potential of more than 106 pulses at a pulse repetition frequency of 1 kHz. The maximum energy is 1.2 j/pulse from a 40 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm3 discharge. The minimum X-ray dose is shown to be nearly 40 mrad/pulse, i.e. more than one order of magnitude larger than in a similar smaller system.

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J. Bonnet, D. Pigache, E. Estocq, P. Laborde, and M. Stehle "Experimental Analysis Of An X-Ray Preionized XeCl Laser", Proc. SPIE 1031, 7th Intl Symp on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers, (20 June 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950546

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