Continuously tunable xenon laser at 1720 Å

We report the first continuously tunable vacuum ultraviolet laser emission in high-pressure xenon. By incorporating a dispersive element into the optical cavity, laser action was obtained over a 50-Å (1700-cm−1) range about a central wavelength of 1720 Å. A highly efficient pumping scheme allows the...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 1974-11, Vol.25 (9), p.498-500
Main Authors: Wallace, Stephen C., Dreyfus, R. W.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:We report the first continuously tunable vacuum ultraviolet laser emission in high-pressure xenon. By incorporating a dispersive element into the optical cavity, laser action was obtained over a 50-Å (1700-cm−1) range about a central wavelength of 1720 Å. A highly efficient pumping scheme allows the use of a 0.6-MeV electron accelerator delivering ≤ 10 J in a 3-nsec excitation pulse.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.1655564