ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Small-signal transient absorption of a discharge-pumped F2 laser (157.6 nm) medium was measured by using a Raman-shifted F2 laser (168.6 nm). The small-signal total absorption was obtained for 6 atm laser media at an excitation rate of ∼26 MW/cm3, where a small-signal net gain was independently measured to ∼35%/cm, as the sum of a transient absorption of ∼2.5%/cm and a stationary absorption of ∼0.5%/cm. In spite of the relatively large gain-to-loss ratio a significantly low maximum laser intensity of ∼2 MW/cm2, which gives zero extraction efficiency in the F2 laser medium, measured in heavily saturated F2 laser amplification experiments, suggests that the energy extraction is limited by additional absorption.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.356408