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Electron-beam sustained discharge XeCl laser

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

E. Fiorentino
Affiliation:
ENEA-Dipartimento TIB, Divisione Fisica Applicata, CRE Frascati C. P. 65-00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
T. Letardi
Affiliation:
ENEA-Dipartimento TIB, Divisione Fisica Applicata, CRE Frascati C. P. 65-00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
A. Marino
Affiliation:
ENEA-Dipartimento TIB, Divisione Fisica Applicata, CRE Frascati C. P. 65-00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
E. Sabia
Affiliation:
ENEA-Dipartimento TIB, Divisione Fisica Applicata, CRE Frascati C. P. 65-00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
M. Vannini
Affiliation:
ENEA-Dipartimento TIB, Divisione Fisica Applicata, CRE Frascati C. P. 65-00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy

Abstract

In this work the construction characteristics and performances of a laser system operating with an e-beam sustained discharge are described. Operating with XeCl, the laser pulse energy is over 4 J. Details of the measurements on the system are also reported.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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