Development of a sliding discharge pumped HF laser

Tsikrikas, GN; Serafetinides, AA; Papayannis, AD

dc.contributor.author	Tsikrikas, GN	en
dc.contributor.author	Serafetinides, AA	en
dc.contributor.author	Papayannis, AD	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:11:53Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:11:53Z
dc.date.issued	1996	en
dc.identifier.issn	0030-4018	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/11844
dc.subject	Atmospheric Pressure	en
dc.subject	Energy Transfer	en
dc.subject	Production Rate	en
dc.subject.classification	Optics	en
dc.subject.other	Deposition	en
dc.subject.other	Electric charge	en
dc.subject.other	Electric discharges	en
dc.subject.other	Electric excitation	en
dc.subject.other	Energy transfer	en
dc.subject.other	Gas lasers	en
dc.subject.other	Input energy deposition	en
dc.subject.other	Sliding discharge pumped high frequency laser	en
dc.subject.other	Optically pumped lasers	en
dc.title	Development of a sliding discharge pumped HF laser	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/0030-4018(96)00345-8	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0030-4018(96)00345-8	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1996	en
heal.abstract	Direct excitation by a surface sliding discharge is applied for the first time to an HF laser. The laser operates at atmospheric pressure with a gas mixture of He/SF6/C3H8. Details are presented on the efficiency of energy transfer, the dependence of laser performance on input energy deposition, circuit parameters and gas mixture. The F atom production rate is estimated from the linear dependence of the specific output energy on the electric charge passed through the discharge. Output energies of 135 mJ were obtained at 1.2% efficiency from a small active discharge of 10 cm(3) volume and 38 cm length. These values compare favourably with the values reported for similar laser systems, while the maximum values of specific input and output energy extraction obtained, of 1700 and 15 J/l respectively, are among the highest reported for non-chain-reaction type gas mixtures. These results demonstrate that the sliding discharge, although simple in design, is an efficient scheme for developing gas discharge lasers.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	Optics Communications	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/0030-4018(96)00345-8	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1996VP82800018	en
dc.identifier.volume	132	en
dc.identifier.issue	3-4	en
dc.identifier.spage	295	en
dc.identifier.epage	301	en